Month: September 2020

LedRoom Sketch – Drawing boundaries

Project done by: Sylvia, Daryl, Wei Lin, Wan Hui

After coming up with the sketches and putting them in Processing, we were then tasked with connecting it to Arduino. We settled with 4 main functions with different triggers.

  • On/Off – Proximity Sensor
  • Brightness – Volume (Microphone level)
  • Colour Change & Patterning – Compass + Gravity
  • Preset Colour Patterns – Touch 2D + Wekinator

Colour Change + Pattern

Essentially, I wanted to use the compass to draw a circle, using the gestures to change the colours while “colouring” the circle. I made use of the Gravity, Quaternion and Compass sensors from ZigSim, linking it through Processing to Arduino. From Processing, the data received from ZigSim is communicated to Arduino and translated to colour codes and number patterning for the Adafruit LED Strip.

Video & Codes here.

 

 

Softening The Edges – Thoughts on Illuminating Embodiment

I’d imagine what Rafael Lozeno Hemmer is trying to do is to ‘soften the edges’. Other than the functional purpose they serve, whether as a form of shelter or a place to gather, the reason why human have such distant or little emotional relation to architecture is because of their cold, hard and immovable structure.

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Paint The Town Red – Singapore Heritage Light Up

10 national monuments and arts/cultural institutions are illuminated in the national colours of red and white to show the solidarity and celebration of Singapore’s 55th birthday. 

  • The Armenian Church (as shown below)
  • National Museum of Singapore
  • Cathedral of Good Shepherd
  • CHIJMES
  • Central Fire Station
  • National Gallery of Singapore
  • The Arts House
  • Victoria Theatre and Victoria Concert Hall
  • Asian Civilisations Museum
  • Esplanade 

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Initial Sketch: Feelings of Home vs Covid19

Visualise — A white/translucent quarantine tent small enough for 1 person to crawl into. Inside the tent, a large red cushion is positioned in the middle for the 1 person to lie/sit/roll on. The walls of the tent start to change into a pinkish-red hue as the sound of a slow-paced heartbeat fades in. The heartbeat is accompanied by a gentle hum and occasional sounds of fluid and air resembling a stomach digesting. The walls of the tent subtly and continuously change in hues of pink and red. A few seconds in, the pace of the heartbeat starts to quicken and sounds of ann airy breath start to increase in volume, overpowering the heartbeat. Coughing and wheezing take over and the tent starts to shrink and collapse inwards. The noise and constricting space get more and more uncomfortable, forcing the person out of the tent.

Concept: A pregnant mother who contracts COVID-19.