Evolve 17 Primary Function: Ihe Ọkpụkpu by Davis McCarty is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 Ihe Nrite A' Design Award nke Ọlaọcha in Nhazi Nkà Mma na Nkwụnye Nkà Competition Category.
ỌlaọchaNkà Mma· 2021
Evolve 17 Primary Function: Ihe Ọkpụkpu
Client: Leidos Inc.
Ihe Nrite A' Design Award nke Ọlaọcha Winner in Nkà Mma Category
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The Design
About Evolve 17 Primary Function: Ihe Ọkpụkpu
Evolve 17 bụ ihe ọkpụkpu a kwụ n'ikuku nke e mere maka ọnụ ụlọ ndị isi (atrium) nke isi ụlọ ọrụ. Ọrụ a bụ ogidi prismatic nke guzoro 7000 mm n'ịtoju elu na 1200 mm n'obosara ma buo ibu 250 kilogram. E ji iberibe pụrụ iche 161 wuo Evolve 17, na-eji plexiglass dichroic, nchara na-anaghị acha nchara nchara (stainless steel), aluminum na enyo, tinyere ọkụ LED na anwụ anyanwụ. Ihuenyo dichroic ndị ahụ na-egosi agba dị iche iche site n'ebe dị iche iche a na-elele ya, ya mere agba na-agbanwe ka ndị ọbịa na-ejegharị gburugburu ogidi ahụ. Ihe njikọta aluminum ahaziri ahazi na-enye ohere ka ihuenyo ọ bụla na-atụgharị ma kpọchie n'akụkụ a họọrọ.
The Recognition
About the Ihe Nrite A' Design Award nke Ọlaọcha
Evolve 17 Primary Function: Ihe Ọkpụkpu meriri A' Design Award nke Ọlaọcha, nnabata dị oke ugwu e nyere design ndị dị n'ọkwa kachasị elu, mara mma ma na-eju anya. Ndị meriri na Ọlaọcha bụ ọrụ na-egbu maramara nke ukwuu ma dị oke nzụlite nke na-egosi ọmarịcha ihe ọmụma, talent na nghọta nke ndị designer ha. A na-atụ anya na Evolve 17 Primary Function: Ihe Ọkpụkpu ga-abụ ọrụ dị ịtụnanya, ihe nlereanya, nke dị oke ọrụ ma dị omimi n'ihe ọhụrụ. Design a meriri A' Design Award nke Ọlaọcha bụ ihe e mepụtara dị oke ịrịba ama, nke a na-eto nke na-erite uru ma na-ebuga oke nka, sayensị, design na teknụzụ n'ihu. Evolve 17 Primary Function: Ihe Ọkpụkpu bụ ihe e kere eke ọtụtụ ndị na-ekwo ekworo ya nke na-akpali ọchịchọ, na-eweta mmetụta ọma ma na-akpali ịtụnanya.
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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