Our initial concepts for the skyrise involved light and tension, this has led us to choose “intensity” as our focus word. We have used stocking material to create a shell of skin that encapsulates our light by drawing on the intensity of its stretching capabilities, using triangles to push the boundaries of its elasticity to maximum levels.
The intensity of light has been a constant concept through the development of our ideas. When the stocking material is stretched and distorted at different heights, it plays on the intensity of the halogen lights. Halogen lights tease the opacity from inside and out. The Sky Rise event is going to be held at night, giving us the advantage as the darkness of the night will enhance the intensity of our halogen lights. The atmosphere our sky rise creates would be even more astounding if coupled by the greatest contrast possible in the level of darkness and light. We propose once a person is standing right beneath our structure, the motor will slowly expand our shell till it engulfs the individual in darkness. This is where and when the person is able to interact with our skyrise. We know they will touch the structure out of curiosity and so by exercising that we decided to fabricate motion and touch sensors in the interior. It becomes an interactive environment where the individual slowly lights up the structure with their own movement.
For the assemblage, we will be using a crane to hang our skyrise so that it is uplifted in order for the compression and expansion process. This would be acheived by using motorised pulleys that pull at the joints so the structure will stack upwards in a breathing manner.
The three drawings included each convey an important aspect to our project. First image is of the atmosphere we want to achieve. The intensity of light and darkness is expressed through the black and white drawing coupled with the interactive relationship between the people and the sky rise. Sections of the structure gives attention to detail and also demonstrates how it compresses and expands in a ‘breathing manner’. The irregularity of the triangle sizes and orientaions are also illustrated throughout these diagrams, forming a twisted form. The last drawing serves to explain the devices that are needed to realise this project: the crane, shell structure, halogen lights and a motorised pulley.