It's all part of the bigger picture...
We worked with Weill Cornell Medicine based in Manhattan, in collaboration with Hirsch&Mann to develop a wall-sized digital artwork created from thousands of tiny screens and lenses as part of the $650m Belfer Research Building redevelopment. The shimmering and animated foyer installation celebrates the center's research work.
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The large-scale digital installation (approx 4.6m x 2.7m) comprises 2800 mini screens set in a grid pattern behind a panel of thousands of circular acrylic discs – a reference to the lenses used in medical research. The dual layer construction makes it possible to read the wall from a distance as a single image, and then, up close, each screen has information about medical discoveries and other news from WCM’s website. The installation is programmed so that images and stories change constantly.
To bring the concept to life, every aspect of the hardware was designed from scratch. The project has won the CODAworx design award for best educational installation and was a Media Architecture Biennale future prototypes award finalist. Sustainability is at the heart of the design with power consumption totaling less than 1kw.
