Evolve 17 Primary Function: Umfanekiso oqingqiweyo by Davis McCarty

Evolve 17 Primary Function: Umfanekiso oqingqiweyo by Davis McCarty is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 Ibhaso Lesilivere le-A' Design Award in Uyilo loBugcisa obuHle kunye nokuFakwa kwoBugcisa Competition Category.

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Evolve 17 Primary Function: Umfanekiso oqingqiweyo

by Davis McCarty

Client: Leidos Inc.

Ibhaso Lesilivere le-A' Design Award Winner in Ubugcisa obuHle Category

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The Design

About Evolve 17 Primary Function: Umfanekiso oqingqiweyo

Evolve 17 ngumfanekiso oqingqiweyo oxhonyiweyo owenzelwe iholo elingundoqo lezikhulu kwikomkhulu lenkampani. Lo msebenzi yikholamu enemibala eyahlukileyo ephakame ngeemilimitha ezingama-7000 ubunde bube ziimilimitha ezili-1200 kwaye enobunzima obungama-kilogram angama-250. I-Evolve 17 yakhiwe kwiziqwenga ezili-161 ezizodwa, isebenzisa i-dichroic plexiglass, isinyithi esingagqwaliyo, i-aluminiyam kunye nezipili, kunye nokukhanya kwe-LED nokukhanya kwelanga. Iiphaneli ze-dichroic zibonisa imibala eyahlukileyo ukusuka kwiimbono ezahlukeneyo, ngoko ke imibala iyatshintsha njengoko abatyeleli behamba bejikeleza le kholamu. Iqhosha le-aluminiyam elenziwe ngokwezifiso livumela iphaneli nganye ukuba ijikeleze kwaye itshixe kwi-engile ekhethiweyo.

The Recognition

About the Ibhaso Lesilivere le-A' Design Award

Evolve 17 Primary Function: Umfanekiso oqingqiweyo ngumphumeleli weIbhaso Lesilivere le-A' Design Award, ukuqatshelwa okuhlonitshwayo ngokungaqhelekanga okunikwa imiyilo yomgangatho ophezulu, entle nechukumisayo. Abaphumeleleyo beSilivere ziimveliso ezikhazimlayo kakhulu nezidala kakhulu ezibonisa ubungcali obuphawulekayo, italente nobukrelekrele babayili bazo. Evolve 17 Primary Function: Umfanekiso oqingqiweyo iyathenjwa ukuba ibe ngumsebenzi omhle womzekelo, onobungcali obuphawulekayo nezinto ezintsha ezinzulu. Lo myilo uphumeleleyo weIbhaso Lesilivere le-A' Design Award yimveliso ebonakalayo kakhulu, ethandwayo enceda kwaye inyusa imida yobugcisa, inzululwazi, uyilo kunye nobuchwephesha. Evolve 17 Primary Function: Umfanekiso oqingqiweyo yimveliso enomona omkhulu kuyo evusa iinqwenelo, izisa iimvakalelo ezintle kwaye ivuselela ukumangaliswa nokumangala.

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