I started with a laser cut panel and explored various lighting conditions, including backlighting through translucent paper, before moving onto a printed tree pattern, and finally layering the two.
Here I played with motion of the light source.
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.
