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AN IMMERSIVE GLASS AND METAL SITE INTERVENTION AT THE INTERDISCIPLINARY ENGINEERING BUILDING (U. WASHINGTON), CREATING A DYNAMIC, STAGE-LIKE WRAPAROUND ENVIRONMENT THAT EMBRACES AND SHAPES AN EVER-CHANGING EXPERIENCE THROUGH LIGHT AND PERSPECTIVE. VIBRANT GLASS PANELS INTERACT WITH METAL SILHOUETTES, FORMING LAYERED COMPOSITIONS THAT SHIFT DEPENDING ON THE VIEWER’S POSITION, BOTH INDOORS AND FROM THE SURROUNDING OUTDOOR SPACES. INSPIRED BY OSKAR SCHLEMMER’S TRIADIC BALLET, WHERE THE HUMAN FORM IS REIMAGINED AS SPHERES, CONES, AND CYLINDERS, IT TRANSLATES THIS GEOMETRY INTO A STRUCTURAL LANGUAGE OF ENGINEERING—INTEGRATING FORM, MOTION, AND PERCEPTION.

FABRICATORS: GLASMALEREI PETERS AND VISO. WAS COMMISSIONED BY THE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON FOR THEIR INTERDISCIPLINARY ENGINEERING BUILDING AND IS BEING MANAGED THROUGH THE WASHINGTON STATE ARTS COMMISSION​.

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GLASS + METAL FABRICATOR

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