Lumière en vibration
Research Study
Studio_thesis research and design I.
Date_autumn2015.
Media_illustrator. rhino 5. grasshopper.
Image Source: Fritschi, Adrian. Lumière en Vibration, 1968. Zurich. In Livin Cool. November 25, 2014. Accessed December 19, 2015. http://www.livincool.com/art/julio-le-parc-at-serpentine-sackler-gallery/attachment/2-lumiere-en-vibration.
This study investigates the application of the diagram as an architectural research method in the deconstruction of Julio Le Parc's 1968 installation, Lumière en Vibration. This project was chosen for its intensive use of light to both reveal and stimulate a field of translucent panels. The extensive ensuing diagrammatic study seeks to expose the light strategy that could produce such an installation. It deconstructs the installation in terms of the logic of the filtered light source, the regular array of panels, the randomised rotation of each panel, and the interaction of the light with the physical architecture. Though fruitful as an analysis of the final project, these drawings expose the weakness of the case study as a method by which to reveal an underlying strategy that can be extracted and applied to new work. This finding serves as the foundational issue addressed by my thesis work, a methodological reference for architects and students.
