Devices
eBook - ePub

Devices

  1. 256 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Devices

About this book

Embedding memories into landscape. Measuring moisture, pressure and wind speed within a bedroom. Drawing power with a potato. These are but a few of the preoccupations described within this book.'Devices' is a manual celebrating the invention of architectural and spatial machines. Nostalgic, metaphorical, analytical or even the down-right daft, each of the illustrated pieces demonstrates the potential for spatial occupation, leading to new territories in architectural design.A detailed analysis of each device and a 'recipe' for its construction is provided, including working drawings, assembly diagrams, materials and component descriptions. The reader will not only gain an insight into the technical makeup of the devices, but will have all the information at their fingertips to design and construct ground-breaking innovations of their own. With over 40 devices, this book will inspire architects, designers, engineers and artists alike.

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Information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
2006
eBook ISBN
9781136410321
Edition
1
Topic
Architecture
Subtopic
Architecture General
Designer:
Chris Leung
Device:
Light Fibre Field
Function:
Four-dimensional space-time and occupant movement mapping devices
Concept:
The objective was to build a system that would explore its environment and build a time-based map of its surroundings.
The project started by developing one ‘lighting emitting mast’ that contained a switching lighting source and a computer controlled mirror to direct a narrow light-beam, together with eight directional light sensors. The system demonstrated self-learning properties in identifying the location of each respective neighbour by horizontal direction, and estimating their distance by altitude and light intensity. The system also demonstrated adaptive properties in coping with changing ambient light levels, changes in the installation space as well as changes in object arrangement. The changes observed in the field’s behaviour with the presence of people amongst the objects were the most intriguing, with evidence of emergent shadow and edge-following behaviours.
Dimensions:
Each Light Emitting Mast 1550 × 200 × 200mm and weighs 14kg. The field with 15 objects is 7500 × 4500mm.
Fabrication time:
6 months; Software development 18 months+
Assembly time:
4 days to install and self-calibrate nine Light Emitting Masts
Materials:
Required for one Light Emitting Mast (all quantities multiplied by 15)
Power
1no 0.1uF mains X-2 suppression caps
RS 115-196
1no PCB F/H with cover 6.3A @ 250V A/C
maplin KU29
1no 18VA triple-out transformer
RS 201-8794
2no In-line 400V 2A rectifier
RS 183-4090
1no T220 voltage Reg MC7812CT
maplin QL32K
1no TO2205 MIC29301 3A LDO/EN
RS 217-4973
1no T220 voltage reg 78S05 2 Amp
maplin UJ54J
3no Electrolytic 220uF cap general
RS 228-6997
2no Electrolytic 2200uF 25V/16V
RS 228-6701
1no Electrolytic 1000uF
RS 228-6818
10no 0.1in 0.1uF ceramic cap 63V
RS 264-4927
1no Heatsink TO220 17.9oC/W
RS 263-251
2no Heatsink T220 35x27x16 9deC/W
RS 234-2407
1no 12V cooling fan 500mA
maplin RG03D
1no TO220 silicone pad and bush
RS 298-443
6no Polyester cap 1uF 63V smoothing
RS 823-998
3no Polyester cap 10uF 63V
RS 179-4368
1no 5V internal resistor LED red
RS 228-5562
Lighting Control
1no 10Kohm vertical potentiometer
RS 160-095
1no 50W tungsten halogen lamp 12deg. 12V UV glass
1no Compact dimmable electronic lighting transformers 60W
1no Velleman K8003 Dimmer Kit
maplin VF58N
1no LTC 1257 CN8 Digital-to-Analog chip
RS 217-0397
1no 50W halogen ceramic lamp holders
maplin VJ11M
2no Nom. 5V 3.5 Kg torque servo-motors
various
1no Nom. 10mm dia. 1 metre cast acrylic rod
various
1no Dentist non-magnifyi...

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Halftitle
  3. Copyright
  4. Title
  5. Contents
  6. Introduction
  7. A Sound Diary
  8. An Instrument of Pilgrimage
  9. Anticipation
  10. Anticipation Navigator
  11. Bellow
  12. Blurred Spaces
  13. Climatic Threat
  14. Daycaster
  15. Drawing Fiction
  16. Drawing Instrument
  17. Eavesdropping
  18. Edge Monkey
  19. Floating Lanterns
  20. Floodscape
  21. Haircutting Machine
  22. Haptic Gloves
  23. Hydro-kinetic Hinge Assemblage
  24. I See What You Hear
  25. Light Fibre Field
  26. Light Rings
  27. Light Volumiser
  28. Litmus
  29. Mayflies
  30. Mealtimes
  31. Microclimate of a Bedroom
  32. Motion of Swarm
  33. Narrative Projector
  34. Nocturnal Ventilator
  35. Nostalgia
  36. Pinhole Camera
  37. Smoking Stool
  38. Spud-master 204
  39. Star Gazer
  40. Storm Topography
  41. Talking Feathers
  42. The Dry Stone Waller
  43. The Shipping Forecast
  44. Thorax Cybernation
  45. Through the Looking Lens
  46. Transient
  47. Untitled
  48. Urban Diviner
  49. Weekend Coat
  50. Wet Bog Camera
  51. …and left to my own devices, I probably would…
  52. Devices as they appear to a Western Engineer
  53. Suppliers