Evolve 17 Primary Function: Duab Txaug by Davis McCarty is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award Nyiaj in Kev Kos Duab Zoo thiab Kev Teeb Tsa Duab Kos Competition Category.
NyiajKev Kos Duab Zoo· 2021
Evolve 17 Primary Function: Duab Txaug
Client: Leidos Inc.
A' Design Award Nyiaj Winner in Kev Kos Duab Zoo Category
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About Evolve 17 Primary Function: Duab Txaug
Evolve 17 yog ib daim duab txaug uas dai saum ntuj, tsim los rau lub tsev qhov chaw tos txais neeg ntawm ib lub tuam txhab loj. Cov haujlwm no yog ib tug ncej muaj ntau sab (prismatic column) uas siab 7000 mm thiab dav 1200 mm thiab hnyav 250 kilogram. Evolve 17 tsim los ntawm 161 daim tshwj xeeb, siv dichroic plexiglass, hlau stainless steel, aluminum thiab iav, ua ke nrog qhov teeb LED thiab qhov tshav ntuj. Cov daim dichroic qhia cov xim sib txawv ntawm cov chaw saib sib txawv, yog li cov xim hloov thaum cov neeg tuaj xyuas mus ncig lub ncej. Ib daim aluminum hinge tsim tshwj xeeb tso cai rau txhua daim tig thiab kaw rau ib lub kaum sij hawm xaiv tseg.
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award Nyiaj
Evolve 17 Primary Function: Duab Txaug yog tus yeej ntawm A' Design Award Nyiaj, ib qho kev lees paub muaj meej mom heev tshaj li qub uas muab rau cov qauv tsim qib siab, zoo nkauj thiab ua rau neeg xav tsis thoob. Cov neeg yeej Nyiaj yog cov haujlwm ci ntsa iab heev thiab tsim tshiab heev uas qhia txog kev paub, kev txawj ntse thiab kev ntse ntawm cov kws tsim qauv. Evolve 17 Primary Function: Duab Txaug xav tias yuav yog ib qho haujlwm zoo kawg nkaus uas tsim rau qhia, tshaj lij heev thiab tsim tshiab tob. Cov qauv tsim yeej A' Design Award Nyiaj no yog ib qho khoom tsim uas pom tseeb heev thiab neeg qhuas uas pab tau thiab nthuav dav ciam teb ntawm kev kos duab, kev tshawb fawb, kev tsim qauv thiab thev naus laus zis. Evolve 17 Primary Function: Duab Txaug yog ib qho khoom tsim uas neeg coob xav tau, uas ua rau xav, coj kev xav zoo thiab ua rau xav tsis thoob thiab xav paub.
Behind the Design
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Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- Evolve 17 symbolizes a visionary meeting point to promote a culture of collaboration and entrepreneurship.
It is designed to metaphorically unite solutions from different angles. It decorates the executive atrium for the Leidos Headquarters. - Dimensions & Packaging
- Custom Fabricated prismatic column. 7000mm Tall x 1200mm wide 250kg, 161 unique pieces,
- Tags
- Lobby Art, Geometric Sculpture, Dichroic, Kaleidoscope, Site Specific, Color Changing Art,
- Production Technology
- Dichroic Plexiglass, Stainless Steel, Aluminum, Mirrors, LED's, and Sunlight The dichroic plexiglass, like a quantum particle, can simultaneously exhibit different colors to viewers from different angles. When the observer circles the sculpture the dichroic panels morph between states of colors. The sculpture uses a patent pending hinge made from 5mm water jet aerospace grade aluminum. "The Signal Bracket" offers 330' of rotation and locks in place at the desired angle.
- Design Challenge
- Because the building compress and expands on the top floor due to wind, our design had to both be suspended from the ceiling and simultaneously affixed to the floor.
- Research
- With the triangular polygon as the base shape for both the virtual projection of objects in digital space and the real manifestation of this sculpture, EVOLVE is both a metaphorical and physical bridge between the virtual webs that connect Leido’s to the rest of the world and the physical impact that those webs have in everyday life.
- Inspiration
- We have been stuck with the same Greek columns for 2000 years. I decided to try reinventing a column for the-space age. Evolve17 is a a 23’ color changing kaleidoscopic, that bends light
- Project Duration
- Executive Floor Leidos HQ Reston VA From Now Till 2099
- Operation Flow
- Evolve is a cosmic kaleidoscope that changes colors as viewers walk by. At dawn, Visitors are welcomed in with playful colored shadows that move throughout the day. Evolve is gracefully suspended by aircraft cable, and uses NASA developed dichroic Plexiglas to create a space age feel.
- Patents
- Copyright Belongs to Davis McCarty
- Team Members
- Davis McCarty
Adrian Stein
Amy Rodriguez - Image Credits
- Photos by: Jay Townsend & Garrett Rowland
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