May-June 2012 — The On-Line Magazine of Art, Information & Entertainment — Volume 8, Number 3
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Category — Architecture

Michael Jantzen/Art & Architecture

© 2011 Michael Jantzen

The Sounds of the Sun Pavilion, Concept by Michael Jantzen

Building Art into Architecture

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Michael Jantzen

The products of architecture often are limited by what materials are available to the architect. Pushing those limits is what makes architecture art, and the architect an artist. For centuries, man has combined mind and materials to achieve artistry of the highest kind in seeking to arrive at various ends: tombs, as in the Great Pyramids of Giza; palaces, as in the Taj Mahal; places of worship, as in the temples of Angkor Wat and the Vatican. But those things have all been done. We are at a stage now where the evolution and development of materials and methods allow contemporary architects the freedom and flexibility to meet today’s social, environmental, geological and geographical challenges in ways never seen before. Michael Jantzen is one of those people whose imagination seeks not only to meet the architectural challenges of today, but also the human needs of tomorrow.

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The Sounds of the Sun Pavilion is a conceptual proposal for a large structure made of many small, pre-fabricated, square, curved, steel tube components. These components are joined together to form thirteen large interwoven curved elements. One side of each of the large curved square elements is covered with flexible solar cells. The ends of each of the curved elements are formed into large funnel shapes. The solar cells generate electrical power and monitor the random distribution of light as it strikes different surfaces of the pavilion. The excess electricity generated by the solar cells is used to help power the community in which the pavilion is placed.

Some of the electrical energy produced by the solar cells is used to generate electronic sounds based on the random movement of light over the surface of the structure. These random electronic sounds are heard by visitors through speakers, which are mounted inside of the funnel shaped ends of the large interwoven curved elements. These funnel shaped sections are also fitted with electric lights that are illuminated at night, and are also powerd by the solar cells. At night or when the light levels are too low or unvaried, the sounds emitted from the structure are low and constant. When the light levels increase and begin to be monitored by the solar cells, the sounds vary widely in their pattern and volume and are never exactly the same from day to day.

The design of the shape of the pavilion comes from a desire to create a structure with a great deal of complex surface area, relative to the ever changing position of the sun, as it’s light moves over the pavilion through the dayu The curved elements refer to exaggerated versions of the arcs of the sun, as it moves across the sky.

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Michael Jantzen/Super Symmetry

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SUPER SYMMETRY (A Series of Photo Art Prints)
© 2010 Michael Jantzen
Photos of some of my architecture and sculpture that have been altered in various ways in order to create new and unexpected forms.
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About the designer:

Michael Jantzen is an artist/designer whose work has been featured in hundreds of articles in books, magazines and newspapers around the world. His work has also been shown in the Museum of Modern Art in New York.  His work merges art, architecture, technology, and sustainable design into one unique experience.

More of his work can be seen on his web site: http://www.michaeljantzen.com

February 19, 2011   1 Comment