Wind Arbor by Ned Kahn - Singapore Marina Bay Sand - Dynamic Facade Daylight Shading

To reduce heat and glare because of direct sunlight after 02.00 PM that goes into the main lobby of Marina Bay Sands Hotel.

San Francisco-based artist Ned Kahn is renowned for his large-scale sculptures that incorporate natural elements such as air or water. He put this daylighting shading in front of the west-facing glass facade. This shading facade moves along with the wind blowing..creating interesting diffuse and dynamic daylight and shadow in the main lobby of the hotel. See the video of how this daylighting facade creates a beautiful daylight effect in front and inside the building.. includes dynamic and diffuse light and shadow.

Four vertical acres of the glass facade of a hotel lobby were covered with a cable net structure composed of half a million hinged elements that sway in the wind and reveal the patterns of the wind. The artwork, a collaboration with architect Moshe Safdie, functions as a shade for the lobby, blocking 50% of the sunlight and heat. The overall shape of the cable net is a huge triangle, 200 feet tall at the top and over a1000-feet long. 70 miles of 1/8-inch cables are strung vertically across the facade, spaced every 6 inches. The wind-animated elements clamp to adjacent cables.

See the video on how this daylighting facade creates a beautiful daylight effect in front and inside the building.. including dynamic and diffuse light and shadow.

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