Winners of the LightItude International Competition for the lighting the communities near the Polar Circle, by the Montreal CLU Foundation of Philips. The winning proposal is Color Cloud by the architects Justo García, Sergio Ramos and Ricardo Morcillo.
The Colot Cloud is an installation that reacts to relative humidity conditions forming new spaces of psychological relationship. The installation is part of a phenomenon that occurs in the atmosphere called Raleigh, it simulates the effect that occurs when projecting two wavelengths different distant each other on a colloidal system.
The modular structure in tesegrity allows its adaptation to any space. The thermochromatic coverage formed by a mesh of propellers, changes color according to the temperature. The movement of the propellers generates electrical energy that is transmitted throught the cables of the tensegrity to bars that are the ones with the lighting of the installation.
A device that creates an urban atmosphere for social interaction by providing the benefits of light therapy.
The installation is located in Múrmansk area (Russia).
