Evolve 17 Primary Function: Faʻatagata by Davis McCarty

Evolve 17 Primary Function: Faʻatagata by Davis McCarty is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award Ario in Faatufugaga Maualuga Competition Category.

ArioFaatufugaga Maualuga· 2021

Evolve 17 Primary Function: Faʻatagata

by Davis McCarty

Client: Leidos Inc.

A' Design Award Ario Winner in Faatufugaga Maualuga Category

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The Design

About Evolve 17 Primary Function: Faʻatagata

Evolve 17 o se faʻatagata tautau na faia mo le faletele o le pulega o se ofisa autu o se kamupani. O le galuega o se koluma tioata e 7000 mm le maualuga ma le 1200 mm le lautele ma e 250 kilokalama le mamafa. O Evolve 17 e fausia mai vaega tulaga ese e 161, e faʻaaogaina ai le plexiglass dichroic, uamea uʻamea, alaminuma ma faʻata, faʻatasi ai ma le moli LED ma le malamalama o le la. O laupepa dichroic e faʻaali mai lanu eseese mai vaʻaiga eseese, o lea e suia ai lanu aʻo savavali tagata asiasi faʻataʻamilo i le koluma. O se faʻamau alaminuma faʻapitoa e mafai ai ona liliu ma loka lea laupepa ma lea laupepa i se tulaga na filifilia.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Ario

O le A' Design Award Ario na manumalo ai Evolve 17 Primary Function: Faʻatagata, o se faamaoniga matuā mamalu e tuuina atu i mamanu sili ona lelei, matagofie ma mataʻutia. O ē manumalo i le Ario o galuega susulu tele ma fatufatuaʻi e faaalia ai le poto, le taleni ma le atamai o tagata mamanu. E faamoemoeina Evolve 17 Primary Function: Faʻatagata e avea ma galuega matagofie, o se fesuiaiga mo isi, e iloga i le tomai faapolofesa ma mea fou loloto. O lenei mamanu na manumalo i le A' Design Award Ario o se mea e iloga, ua mataʻina e aogā ma tuleia atu tapulaʻa o le faatufugaga, saienisi, mamanu ma tekonolosi. Evolve 17 Primary Function: Faʻatagata o se mea e fiafia i ai le toatele, e fafagu ai manaʻoga, aumaia ai lagona lelei ma tupu ai le ofo.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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