Constellation 2.0 from Jerome Delapierre on Vimeo.

Constellation 2.2 is the latest formation of the Constellation travelling exhibition in Montreal. The responsive screen gently holds to the existing structure of the Agora building at UQAM to create an interactive field of visualizations and sound to welcome the visitors to the headquarters of the 39th edition of  Festival du Nouveau Cinéma.
Activated with  a series of embedded touch-sensitive sensors across the continuous surface, the sonic environment designed by Navid Navab responds to the presence of visitors, wind, rain and surroundings of the site. The visualizations designed by Jerome Delapierre create a dynamic field that interacts with the composed sound-art and the visitors presence.
Constellation 2.2′s architecture hints at the importance of built-environments adaptability to media and the next generation of smart spaces. Constellation series are an attempt to create a flexible and versatile architectural infrastructure for media and performance artists to engage. With embedded sensors, speakers and video projections the Constellation series are flexible environments that allow for any artist with  any software platform bring the constellation to life.

Architecture in collaboration with Matthew Fielding , Cosmin Iancu
Sound Art: Navid Navab
Visualization: Jerome Delapierre

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Constellation2.2 from Navid Navab on Vimeo.

Create/Destroy from Fishtnk on Vimeo.

Create/Destroy is the first collaboration, of a series with Tom Ngo + Will Klassen

Create/Destroy is an interactive drawing machine that uses colourful lines for expressing the visitors mass-decision. This piece is based on the principals of crowd-sourcing and participatory new media.

As the visitors enter, they are given the option to chose between two paths, “Create” or “Destroy.” Based on the individual’s decisions, the sensors detect their interaction and the machine expresses their decision as a whole by drawing a series of colour coded lines on a white surface.

Each time a visitor enters the space, a marker is removed from the stack of markers and a new marker is added to the queue. Choosing ”Create”, the  participant would add a colour marker to the stack of markers drawing on the surface. “Destroy” would add a black market to over-write the previous lines.

Fun Palace: Cedric Price, Joan Littlewood, Gordon Pask

In a sense the ideas and approach of  Fun Palace, [1959 ,Cedric Price + Joan Littlewood + Gordon Pask] has been the basis and foundation of this piece.

Commissioned by relativespace ; For  Toronto International Design Festival, Design Symposium: Conversations in Design,

“On January 27, 2011 the symposium will challenge its audience to think outside the box, and ultimately illuminate and inspire on the provocative subject of Crowdsourcing Creativity and Community. Is crowdsourcing—better known as “tapping talent from the crowd” — helping or hindering creativity? How are crowdsourcing and open source contributing to design for social change? These are just a few of the issues and questions that will be debated by 10 international thinkers who will share their practical experiences with crowdsourcing and open source design as it relates to humanitarian projects and commercial design.”

Creaty/Destroy – elevation from Fishtnk on Vimeo.

Structural Optimization Diagram, Diagram by SPM, Halcrow Yolles

In collaboration with: Crispin Howes + Dan Hambleton form SPM [Studio for Progressive Modeling, HalcrowYolles Group]

This collection is a series of studies Fishtnk has developed with SPM (Studio for Progressive Modeling) at HalcrowYolles Engineers.

The study has been on going collaborative project which has resulted in a unique approach towards furniture and product design.  With the increase of analytic + parametric software presence in design processes, the ideas of mass-customization in large scale production becomes more approachable than ever.

The Vessel Chair by fishtnk became a case study for this research. The outcome is developed as a malleable algorithm to be applied to different disciplines for material and structural optimization on the principals of mass-customiza

tion.

Above diagrams and drawings provided are courtesy of SPM, Halcrow Group.

Pieces like Three, Vessel chair, Bungeeseat, Leftover chair are a few that were developed to production level.

This collection is developed in Grasshopper for Rhino software platform. The input sensory has been a series of digitizers, image based mapping techniques and live input.

Work-TOgether interactive urban design site model +  interface from Fishtnk on Vimeo.

May 2010, Gallery52
52 McCaul St. Toronto ON

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More informatoin on the urban analysic of the exhibition at AoUC.

Tunable Sound Cloud is a responsive architectural application that allows for real-time modification and enhancement of acoustic performance of space. TSC focuses on our auditory experience of architecture.

Designed with a responsive modular structure and interactive smart surface.
Interfaced through Grasshopper/Rhino 3D modeling tool + Max/MSP software.
Actuated with Arduino micro-controllers/geared motors  + SMA wires.

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Tunable Sound Cloud 1.0 from Fishtnk on Vimeo.

Constellation 2.1 is a responsive environment built for Timisoara Student Festival at D’arc terrace. Map

A revisit to out previous project Constellation 2.0 this project was part of a lecture series in Timisoara,Romania to be followed by a series of workshops in Fall of 2010.

Constellation 2.1 is an interactive installation which responds to the sound of it’s surroundings with a series of microphones and audio sensors. The visualizations  projected on the fabric is effected by the sound picked up by the microphones.

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Design/ Built team:

Mani Mani, Cosmin Iancu, Dan Crasnic [superman]

Constellation 2.0; a responsive environment from Fishtnk on Vimeo.

Beyond acoustics in music performance halls; a responsive sound system for architecture.

I will be looking at responsive systems in architecture and music to design a tunable performance space that could be adjusted to meet the absolute sound requirements for a specific sound performance.

Baroque period 1600-1750

Interior view of Coutances' cathedral, department of Manche, Francephotograph by: Eric Pouhier

• Musicians: Bach,Handel,Vivaldi,…
• Architecture: Gothic architecture
• Reverb 3.0-3.2 sec
• Special characteristics of that era: Unaccompanied music ,Contrasting music and vocals

Classical period 1750-1820

• Musicians: Mozart, Beethoven,Haydn,…
• Architecture: Neoclassical architecture
• Reverb 1.8-2.0
• Special characteristics of that era:More popular- published music as entertainment result change in scale of Venue [architecture],More complexity and layering

Romantic Period 1820-1920

• Musicians: Schubert, Puccini, Wagner,…
• Architecture: Neoclassical +Art Nouveau
• Reverb 1.8-2.2
• Special characteristics of that era: Sound/Acoustical engineering,More color and tone in the music, Wagner designs the 1st opera house for his own performance. 1924 grand opera dies; Turandot, puccini.

Modern and Contemporary

Einstein on the Beach 1976

• Musicians: Philip Glass, John Cage, …
• Architecture: Modern architecture
• Reverb: Electronically controlled
• Special characteristics of that era: Music becomes an multimedia performance enhanced by electronic devices.

programmatic topic [the proposal]

Sketches:

This study looks at a dynamic ceiling structure made with two layers:

Spaceframe-structure [Bones]
Surface [Skin]

Structure:

The structure is based on a series of hinged triangular spaceframes, connected and actuated at the top center of the frame to the adjacent frames.

Preliminary sketch of the structural layer:

Skin:

Tunable Sound Cloud; Responsive Surface Study from Fishtnk on Vimeo.

Above is a study of the surface movement with Nitinol wires to control the sound behavior for the Tunable Sound Cloud Project.This study is designed as a 10X10 grid of micro responsive modules [10X10mm units] to control the acoustic properties of the surface.

the physical prototype :

Tunable Sound Cloud, prototype tile from Fishtnk on Vimeo.

below is a study of the system, interfaced through Grasshopper and Rhino modeling platforms, the ceiling structure of the Tunable Sound Cloud is controlled and adjusted to accommodate different acoustical settings.
Actuated with Arduino micro-controller and servo motors.

Tunable Sound Cloud _ responsive ceiling surface from Fishtnk on Vimeo.

Farnsworth wall is a modular paneling system built as a Structural Insulated Panel (S.I.P.) in a standard 4′X8′ size.

This module can be cut and applied to virtually any existing or new construction. A layer of solar panels on the exterior harvests and stores radiant energy and an embedded system of low-energy L.E.D. lights on the other side illuminates the interior space.

Farnswoth project is an ongoing  research with Studio (n-1) at University of Toronto, John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture. Sponsered by Shell Environmental Fund.