Project 4: Final Project

My fourth project will investigate caustic images.  I am considering using clear acetate and applying color to one side.  I think it would be interesting to make it as a sort of hanging mobile with a light in the center and these planes of acetate surrounding it.  As a breeze would move it, the caustic images would change.

The Image below are sketches of my initial study for my final project.  Related to the Changing light exploration, i was interested in a wall installation which bounced light off water and displayed the colors on the wall behind.  After exploring related options during class, we came to find that the clear film being used was more interesting if it was twisted and warped to create the caustic images.

About Nancy Cheng

Univ. of Oregon Architecture Department head Nancy Yen-wen Cheng, RA, LEED AP researches how design tools and approaches shape outcomes, with a specialization in how craft and computation can stimulate the creative process. She has developed expertise in manipulating sheet materials to create light-modulating structures and has researched how surface relief patterns can increase convective cooling. She has developed fold and slot joints that give structural rigidity to foldable sheet structures and is eager to apply them to rapidly deployable refugee shelters.
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