FLARE - kinetic ambient reflection membrane

FLARE is a pneumatic building facade system. The FLARE system consists of a number of tiltable metal flake bodies. An infinite array of flakes can be mounted on any building or wall surface in a modular system of multiplied 4x4 FLARE units. Each stainless steel flake reflects the bright sky or sunlight when in vertical standby position. When the flake is tilted downwards by a computer controlled pneumatic piston, its face is shaded from the sky light and this way appears as a dark pixel. By reflecting ambient or direct sunlight the individual flakes of the FLARE system act like pixels formed by natural light. The system is controlled by a computer to form any kind of surface animation. Sensor systems inside and outside the building communicate the buildings activity directly to the FLARE system which acts as the buildings lateral line. FLARE turns the building facade into a penetrable membrane, breaking with all conventions of the building surface as a static skin. http://www.flare-facade.com / http://www.whitevoid.com

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• media
• facade
• interactive
• whitevoid
• art
• design
• architecture
• skin
• pneumatic
• flare
• reflection
• membrane

[ilhadosmacacos]

how can this be useful?

[starcodo]

what's the use of beauty?! What's the use of art?!

[Lawnwake]

I really like the aesthetic response. But it should be more energy efficient or something. at least cover it with solar panels so it powers itself or something :P . otherwise, yes its beautiful but a huge waste of money and energy : /

btw how efficient is this in keeping sunlight and building temperatures inside?

[makeiteasyable]

its more like built building hehehe

[nikovalero]

@ilhadosmacacos do you not think art and imagination are involved in the creation of pretty much everything we use today? example: this may just be a system of mirrors to create a cool looking illusion or "art," but similar technology can be seen in military applications to avoid detection from radar or natural vision is some cases. also known as stealth technology...art is imagination...imagination is ingenuity...and ingenuity is what keeps us moving "forward" as a species...cool stuff really:)

[Guyza1geza]

@starcodo you bone girls thats procreation

[Liberal93eye]

@ilhadosmacacos if u want can masturbate XD

but i look for

cool design

and ambient music :)

[FER01p]

the future of the art is here

[ilhadosmacacos]

@FractalBolt

blablablablablablabla UR GAY

[FractalBolt]

@ilhadosmacacos how about making an otherwise dull building interesting or a pretty building even prettier. Blame it on modernism to have stripped architecture of all its charm.

[barryfarrimond]

@Guyza1geza You are clearly an idiot.

[sweetkone]

I find this to fascinating! This is the future, the living cityscape, via architecture that dances!

[folred]

I just watch this video to listen to the song...