BLOOM @ Materials & Applications
BLOOM is now installed at M&A till Spring 2012. Designed by Doris Sung in collaboration with Ingalill Wahlroos-Ritter and Matthew Melnyk.
“The design of the project, based on research by Sung and Wahlroos-Ritter, explores the possibilities of a thermally responsive metal surface which reacts to both the change in temperature and direct solar radiation. When the temperature of the metal is cool, the surface will appear as a solid object, once the afternoon heat penetrates the metal, the panels of custom woven bimetal will adjust and fan out to allow air flow and increase shade potential. The thermo-bimetal alloys used in the project expand the notion of surface and structure in architecture.”
