Design Concept
A fresh take on Beauty in architecture is evolving from the focus on human wellbeing as an important element of sustainable ecosystems, augmented by findings in neurobiology: When we look at things we consider to be beautiful, there is a great deal of dopamine in the pleasure reward centres of the brain, the ‘feel-good’ transmitter, explains Semi Zeki.
Apparently, Beauty is an essential part of our neurobiological make-up. That goes well with the fact that good architecture tends to be judged by its capacity to produce an aesthetic experience, yet architectural design for years was often neither led by nor generated through a process engaged with aesthetical issues or led by visual thinking.
As an architect I believe that plants should become an integral part of indoors life.
The ambition in this indoors installation I proposed here was to enhance human’s wellbeing, by merging elements together related to beauty.
- The inflatable petal part of the installation was created by first capturing - through a 3D digital special scanning procedure - the tender beauty of a selected beautiful live petal.
- Bringing the beauty of real exotic flowers – a mix of orchids – to become part of the installation, and hence of interior spaces, domestic or public. It is proved scientifically that the presence of real plants affect people’s happiness and health.
Merging the beauty and health factor of real flowering plants together with capturing the beautiful form of a unique petal, while turning it to a large light object must affect people positively, and that was my ambition in this specific project.
The installation is designed for flowers to be placed elegantly and work as an independent sustainable unit. It merges two main elements together, an inflatable light and a display of 12 Orchids plants.
Each element can work separately as well, as one can see through the images displayed.
The inflatable petal – a free standing object that lights its surrounding - was created by first capturing - through a 3D digital special scanning procedure - the tenderness of a selected live rose petal.
The display of real exotic flowers – a mix of twelve orchids – is held by specially designed set of pockets and sticks, irrigated by an automatic recycled sprinkling water system, and is lit by the inflatable petal, which acts as a background for the flowers’ space.
