Projected Portal

Initial Concept

Originally for this project I had planned to create a 3-dimensional wall-like or window structure so that light could be projected through it in order for the light to interact with the user. 

There were holes cut out with colored inserts so that the user could also interact with the structure and change the color of projected light through these spaces in order to create their own environment.

Inspiration

I was inspired by  the San Telmo Museum Extension by Nieto Sobejano Architects pictured below. 

The perforated aluminum structure allows for natural light to be projected inside in this unique cut pattern.

Project Execution

I ran into some difficulty stabilizing the acrylic panels in order to hold them in a window formation as originally planned so I deviated from my original idea to create something that would still execute a similar function. 

I made two cubes out of the acrylic panels I laser cut and the colored circular inserts were still able to be hung and interchanged on the sculpture. The LED lights did not create the circular light projection that I was hoping for however, they did illuminate the sculpture in a unique manner that I was still satisfied with and the audience would still be able to interact with the piece in a sensory manner and it would still create an individual environment for that person. 

With  a different light source, ideally, the coupled cubes would be able to project both the colored acrylic panels and the colored circular inserts patterns across a room, turning the entire room into that specific heterotopia environment and engulfing all of those in the room as the participating audience in that environment.