by means of the wanting prism distorts its city context
Alongside the banks of the Chao Phraya River, By way of the Trying Prism refracts and displays the colourful lights of the riverfront, casting new views over Bangkok’s cityscape. Realized by Takanao Todo in collaboration with lighting design studio ambiguous, the pavilion enhances its city context with these luminous distortions, echoing town’s numerous tradition from its temples to its skyscrapers. For Bangkok Design Week 2024, the dismantleable construction was created with 300 glass prisms supported by a sandblast-finished stainless-steel body. Its delicate kind, steady in even windy situations, casts a symphony of kaleidoscopic patterns that evolve with the shifting daylight and nighttime glow.
all photos courtesy of Takanao Todo
takanao todo opens new views for bangkok’s future
‘Bangkok has cultivated a liberal and wealthy tradition that embraces variety and values trade. In our modern society, which is changing into extra heterogeneous, fragmented, and sophisticated, we should envision a brand new means of coexisting. We suggest a window that consists of a glass prism wall,’ displays designer Takanao Todo. On this context, by means of the Trying Prism serves as a portal to a number of views and prospects for the longer term. As guests strategy the construction, they catch glimpses of their very own silhouette and people of different guests, merging and splitting in a dynamic show.
Every glass prism, measuring 30mm x 30mm X 150mm, is mounted to the body with a wedge supported with an adhesive connection. The body, 1900 mm in peak and 2000mm in width, is transportable and might be simply assembled and relocated as wanted. Following the exhibition, this construction has been relocated to the one of many largest flower markets on the earth, Bangkok Blossom Market.
sited alongside the banks of the Chao Phraya River
realized by Takanao Todo in collaboration with lighting design studio ambiguous
By way of the Trying Prism refracts and displays the colourful lights of the riverfront and the cityscape
comprising 300 glass prisms supported by a sandblast-finished stainless-steel body
sundown view with a refraction of Wat Arun
the body is self-supporting and simply transportable
it casts a symphony of kaleidoscopic patterns that evolve with the shifting daylight and nighttime glow
unveiled at Bangkok Design Week 2024
mission data:
identify: By way of the Trying Prism
designer: Takanao Todo Design
lighting design: ambiguous
location: Bangkok, Thailand
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