descours 2009 TOUR 2 New Orleans EP3 Photon Futai.mov

Tour 02 DesCours PODCAST for "Photon Garden" by Hiroyuki Futai and EP3, part of DesCours 2009 Installation series sponsored by the New Orleans Chapter of the American Institute of Architects.

Concept:
Photon Garden is contained within a standard size shipping container, creating an urban garden of 3.24 square meters. The garden is composed of sixteen hundred light emitting diodes (LED) which float above the four hundred translucent tubes planted on the ground. As people inhabit the container, the garden responds with the luminous patterns of various movements across the space. The inner walls are mirrors that reflect the photons infinitely, a simple optical effect that gives the closed space various scale images which represent the contrast in scale between our daily surroundings and the infinite universe. In addition, a projected movie screen gives a clear image of the view from the web camera set on the floor. The image becomes symbolic of the ability for confined habitation within the boundless LED forest.

Bio:
EP3 is the project team for environmental design and media art, directed by HIROYUKI FUTAI, associate professor at Musashino University. The main members are students and graduates of the department of environmental science, major in architecture and environmental design. This installation, Photon Garden, successfully passed the international panel selection which granted a container of 20ft as an exhibition space of Tokyo Designers Week 2008. The work was also awarded the DDA Award, the SDA Award and HKDA Asia Design Award in 2009. Their latest work, Trans-Flowers, the Green Art Project, also passed the panel selection and was granted one container of 20ft as an exhibition space of KOBE Biennale 2009. Hiroyuki Futai is the principle and founder of F-TAI Architects in Tokyo, Japan and is an Associate Professor in Architectural Design at Musashino University in Tokyo. Futai is a graduate of Columbia University and the Tokyo Institute of Technology and specializes in the theoretical and practical application of digital media in architectural design. F-TAI Architects has received many design awards including the Grand Prix of the TORAY Digital Creation Awards 1998, the Jury Recommended Work of Japan Media Arts Festival 2004, the silver medal of Biennale Miami Beach 2005 and the honorable mention of West End Pedestrian Bridge International Design Competition in 2006.

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