Client: Massachusetts School of Professional Psychology (MSPP) Architect: Gensler Architects Completion: August 2012
Jason Krugman Studio was commissioned to create a responsive LED artwork to add a sense of energy and movement to the main lobby of the MSPP's new campus at 1 Wells Ave in Newton, Massachusetts. Spanning the first floor to the ceiling 26 feet above, Modal Field responds to the building's inhabitants on the first and second floors. Its suspended array of tubular LED pixels use passive infrared sensors to detect motion and respond with cascading patterns of blue and white light. The artwork's ambient interactivity adds a subtle sense of energy and sentience to the building's main foyer.
With the goal of creating a visually compelling LED light wall, the resulting artwork uses a system of tightened steel cables and micro-controlled LED light sources. Modal Field's subtle responsiveness fosters a connectedness between the building's users, its physical space and its environmental systems. It is at once light-weight, cost effective and devoid of any planar material support. Its ambient interactivity extends over a large physical space (9 x 26 feet) and can be observed from 360 degrees on both floors.
Client: Claremont University Consortium Architect: LTL Architects Completion: August 2011 PDF from LTL: CUC.pdf Location: Admin Campus Location
In early 2011, Jason Krugman Studio was commissioned to design and build a custom interactive LED skin for the interior of the administrative headquarters of the Claremont University Consortium in Claremont, California. "Digital Garden" features an ambient interactivity, displaying waves of blue light in response to motion in the surrounding space. The installation's low-resolution and slowly changing appearance subtly displays the building's awareness of its inhabitants. Comprised of 6000 bi-color LED pixels, the installation uses a custom-designed cable system to provide each pixel with power, data and physical support.
Green Building and Design March/April 2013
Photos by Michael Moran
Krugman Studio designed, prototyped and fabricated over 7000 individual, bi-color LED modules for the Digital Garden installation. Krugman worked with a PCB fabricator and assembler in the US to fabricate the boards. Krugman's team of workers fabricated and assembled the diffusers and hardware, including installing and programming the LED pixels on site in California.
