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Bartlett mid-term developement crit

I'm studying at the Bartlett next year, so went along to check out the early mid-term crit for the MSc in Adaptive Architecture and Computation. Coming from an Art/design background it felt like I was walking into a Mad Professors laboratory. It was physically overwhelming to be surrounded by so many interactive installations, with their creators standing on ladders and hanging off stage rigs to finish the builds. Here are a few examples of some the work in development that I saw. (Apologies about the phone camera photo quality. I had to this in order to interfere with the crit as little as possible).

The above image shows some work in development called 'Fireflies.' Each Firefly is simply made of a light sensor on its underside and an LED on top separated by a light blocking sheet. The LED lights up when its light sensor picks up an input from another firefly. The idea is that they communicate like firelfies and gradually crescendo as fireflies do into a rapid light flicker.

 

 

 

 

 

 

The above image is a light responsive building facade in development. The angles of each cell change in response to the direction of the sun in order to control the entry of sunlight into a building whilst allowing airflow. One sensor is used to cut down on the cost and each cell communicates with its neighbour to move, which creates a beautiful organic, responsive move