LED Canopy
Here finally is a new post after a long absence (I’ve been busy working on the project). After several experiments with various materials, I’ve settled on the arrangement from the fiber-optic schemes, but with LEDs attached to acrylic rods, instead of fiber-optic filaments.
The presence of people triggers the LEDs to light up in localized patches, forming and activating an architectural surface that is ambiguous and dynamic, rather than continuous and static.
The installation (as I presented it at the end-of-quarter thesis review) was only a portion of the full-size that was possible with the equipment I had on hand. The following images show the maximum size that is possible with the electronics hardware I currently have (though the plan is to multiply the hardware to further expand the installation size):
