Evolve 17 Whakairo by Davis McCarty is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award Hiriwa in Hoahoa Toi me te Whakaaturanga Toi Competition Category.
HiriwaToi· 2021
Evolve 17 Whakairo
Client: Leidos Inc.
A' Design Award Hiriwa Winner in Toi Category
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About Evolve 17 Whakairo
Ko Evolve 17 he whakairo iri i hangaia mō te atrium whakahaere o te tari matua o tētahi kamupene. He pou pihiora te mahi nei, e tū ana ki te 7000 mm te teitei, 1200 mm te whānui, ā, 250 kirokaramu te taumaha. I hangaia a Evolve 17 mai i ngā wāhanga motuhake e 161, mā te whakamahi i te plexiglass dichroic, te maitai kore waikura, te konumohe me ngā whakaata, tahi ake me te rama LED me te rā. Ka whakaatuhia e ngā papa dichroic ngā tae rerekē mai i ngā tirohanga rerekē, nā reira ka huri ngā tae i te hīkoitanga o ngā manuhiri huri noa i te pou. Mā tētahi taipa konumohe i hangaia motuhaketia e taea ai e ia papa te huri me te raka ki tētahi koki kua tīpakohia.
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award Hiriwa
Ko Evolve 17 Whakairo te toa o te A' Design Award Hiriwa, he whakaaetanga tino whai mana e hoatu ana ki ngā hoahoa taumata teitei rawa, ātaahua me te whakamīharo. Ko ngā toa Hiriwa he mahi tino kanapa, tino auaha e whakaatu ana i te mātanga, te pūmanawa me te mōhio hōhonu o ā rātou kaihoahoa. E tūmanakohia ana ko Evolve 17 Whakairo he mahi whakamīharo, he tauira, he tino ngaio, he auaha hōhonu. Ko tēnei hoahoa i toa i te Hiriwa he hanganga rongonui, whakamīharotia e whai wāhi ana ki te whakawhānui i ngā rohe o te toi, te pūtaiao, te hoahoa me te hangarau. Ko Evolve 17 Whakairo he mahi e hae ana te tini, e whakaara ana i ngā hiahia, e kawe mai ana i ngā kare-ā-roto pai, ā, e whakaoho ana i te mīharo.
Behind the Design
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- 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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