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News Release from: QuickSilver Controls | Subject: Servo systems
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 26 March 2008
Servos bring sculpture to life
Hoberman Associates chose QuickSilver Controls to move the panels on its Emergent Surface sculpture.
As part of MoMA's "Design and the Elastic Mind" exhibition, Hoberman Associates chose QuickSilver Controls to move the panels on its Emergent Surface sculpture Emergent Surface is a transformable wall of 26 panels each controlled by a QuickSilver servo motor
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 24 Jan 2005 at 8.00am (UK)
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The sculpture consists of seven floor-to-ceiling poles each affixed with three or four servo-controlled panels.
The poles are of varying slopes such that the wall appears flat or twisted depending on your perspective.
The wall can transform from solid to nearly invisible in a few seconds.
Each panel is individually controlled allowing for a myriad of patterns.
The dynamic facade represents a future where architecture could respond to a changing environment.
Harsh sun or weather could be detected and automatically filtered without any human intervention.
The wall could provide privacy, block unwanted noise, or just add architectural interest.
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