“The dancing wall” is a meeting point between technology, art and architecture. The entrance of the information center needed a special element to signal its presence and induce surprise, excitement and interest for the by-passers as well as the users. The glass brick’s wall and canopy generates a transition space between the pedestrian street and the information center.

During the day we can experiment a space that is gathering elements of the inside and the outside together. Sunshine without wind, feeling the street without really seeing it …At night we wanted to push into the night the enigmatic nature of this space but this time by giving life to the wall and canopy with incorporated lights illuminating each brick and providing them with an unlimited possibility of color combination.

This light distribution was emphasizing the horizontal and vertical elements regulating the structure. But our intention is to transcend and get beyond the very simple grid of the glass brick’s wall. The resolution is way too low to be able to represent recognizable elements. But we can though careful programing convey movements and combinations evocating complex and fluids phenomenon like clouds, fire or sounds. The wall can become the medium of poetic presentations that will impress and touch the audience.

Project info: 

“The dancing wall”

690 Glass bricks

690 RGB Led Modules organized in self addressable matrixes

1 full control system

Architects: Kevin. Xiang / J. J. Lanzo/ Cathy. Geng/ John. Luo 
Location: Beijing,China
Year: 2016