Falling Light

source: troikauk

‘When Sir Isaac Newton dissected the phenomenon of the rainbow, English poet John Keats commented that science had robbed nature and the rainbow of its spectacle by reducing its notion to prismatic colours. ‘Falling Light’ challenges this belief, with a captivating cinematographic interplay between crystal prisms and the preternatural experience they are able to create.

50 mechanisms; Swarovski Crystal lenses, LEDs, custom build controls
Each mechanism: 69 cm (L) x 11.8 cm (D) x 50 cm (H)
Installation: 5.0m (L) x 5.0m (W) x 3.60 (H)

‘Over a century after Sir Isaac Newton had dissected the phenomenon of the rainbow, English poet John Keats commented that science had robbed nature and the rainbow of its spectacle by reducing its notion to prismatic colours. ‘Falling Light’ challenges this belief, with a captivating cinematographic interplay between crystal prisms and the preternatural experience they are able to create.

50 ceiling suspended mechanical devices each incorporating a custom cut Swarovski crystal optical lens, a computer programmed motor and a white LED, comprise TROIKA’s installation ‘Falling Light’.

The white-painted metal armatures rise in syncopation by rotating cam before gravity releases them earthward, activating the LED to move away, closer to the crystal lens. The lens acts as a prism, transforming through diffraction, the LED’s white light into a rainbow myriad, in turn creating the rhythmical ebb and flow of the floor-strewn droplets.

Experiencing small drops of light falling from the ceiling onto the gallery floor, the visitor is immersed in a shower of light, each droplet encircled by a vibrant halo of rainbow colours. In chorus, the humming sound of the mechanism is audible – light and sound meld into a single immersive and multi sensory experience, enforcing TROIKA’s agenda that science does not destroy, but rather discovers poetry in the patterns of nature.’
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source: dezeen

Designed in Hackney: this installation by Hackney studio Troika creates overlapping pools of light on the floor like raindrops falling on water.Commissioned by Swarovski Crystal Palace, the Falling Light installation is currently on show at the Victoria & Albert museum in London as part of British Design 1948-2012: Innovation in the Modern Age, presenting the evolution of design in Britain from the 1948 Olympics up to the present day.

50 mechanical devices on the ceiling each incorporate a Swarovski crystal optical lens, a computer programmed motor and a white LED. Each metal arm is raised on a cam then allowed to fall, turning the LED on and quickly moving it closer to the lens, which acts as a prism to spread a rainbow on the floor.

Other projects by Troika on Dezeen include Newton Virus, a non-destructive application that makes your desktop icons roll around as if affected by gravity, and chandeliers that use large fresnel lenses to shape the light from LEDs into overlapping geometric patterns on the ceiling of the Royal Society of Arts. They also created the exhibition inside Thomas Heatherwick’s UK pavilion for the Shanghai Expo 2010.

Troika was founded by Conny Freyer, Sebastien Noel and Eva Rucki. Their studio is by the canal on Laburnham Street.
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source: studiotroika

Our studio adopted the term Troika for its symbol of teamwork — something we feel to be essential in the design and construction of architecture. The building profession brings together a remarkably varied group of individuals. When this diverse group works in concert with one another the possibilities are infinite and the project benefits are exceptional. Our studio strives to involve the client, engineers and contractors as active and contributing members of the project’s development and eventual success.

Since its inception, studioTROIKA’s focus has been providing our clients with the best design service possible. From the overall concept to the last detail, we approach each project, regardless of size, with a tremendous amount of energy, creativity and professionalism. studioTROIKA distinguishes itself by building thoughtful relationships with each client in order to create designs which reflect their personal and project goals.

studioTROIKA is both thankful and proud of the partnerships that we have developed over the past years with residential clients and commercial business owners and look forward to new relationships in the future.
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source: fedaibloges

Utilizar la luz como recurso gráfico es una de las tendencias que está cobrando mayor fuerza durante esta primera mitad de año. Las propiedades de este elemento son analizadas e interiorizadas para desarrollar piezas únicas, donde tanto la parte física como la no física se conjugan a la perfección.
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source: galeriaomr

Troika (Eva Rucki, b. 1976, Conny Freyer, b. 1976, both German, Sebastien Noel, b. 1977, French) are known for developing new vocabularies at the intersection of sculpture, architecture and contemporary installation. They met while studying at the Royal College of Art, London, and subsequently started working together in 2003, emerging as a practice that creates work collectively through observation, dialogue, research, ‘trial and error’, in turn, revealing the limits of rational thought as a wondrous and unique asset of the human mind to decipher our reality.

Troika has been featured in numerous group shows at institutions such as: the MoMA New York (2008), the Victoria & Albert Museum London (2009), The Art Institute of Chicago (2009), Tate Britain (2007), and their work is represented in the permanent collections of the Israel Museum Jerusalem, British Council, The Art Institute of Chicago, Victoria and Albert Museum and the Museum Of Modern Art New York.