Simone Giostra的節能媒體牆(Greenpix media wall)

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Posted by Rose Etherington
May 7th, 2008


Architects Simone Giostra & Partners have designed the carbon-neutral Greenpix media wall which will surround the Xicui Entertainment Complex in Beijing, China.



The glass curtain wall contains photovoltaic systems which collect solar energy during the day and use it to power an LED display at night. The building is due to open to the public in June this year.



Greenpix will be Beijing’s first venue dedicated to digital media artwork.


More images to come soon but for now here’s some information from architects Simone Giostre & Partners:
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GREENPIX, BEIJING’S FIRST ZERO ENERGY MEDIA WALL,
DESIGNED BY SIMONE GIOSTRA & PARTNERS ARCHITECTS,
TO LAUCH IN JUNE 2008
Simone Giostra & Partners Architects have designed the GreenPix - Zero Energy Media Wall - a groundbreaking project applying sustainable and digital media technology to the curtain wall of Xicui Entertainment Complex in Beijing, near the site of the 2008 Olympics.



Featuring the largest color LED display worldwide and the first photovoltaic system integrated into a glass curtain wall in China, GreenPix transforms the building envelop into a self-sufficient organic system, harvesting solar energy by day and using it to illuminate the screen after dark, mirroring a day’s climatic cycle. Arup provided engineering services for the project.



“The Media Wall will provide the city of Beijing with its first venue dedicated to digital media art, while offering the most radical example of sustainable technology applied to an entire building’s envelope to date”, said Simone Giostra. The building will open to the public in June 2008, with a specially commissioned program of video installations and live performances by artists including: Xu Wenkai, Michael Bell Smith, Takeshi Murata, Shih Chieh Huang, Feng Mengbo and Varvara Shavrova.

Greenpix behaves like an organic system, absorbing solar energy during the day and then generating light from the same power that evening. The project promotes the uncompromised integration of sustainable technology in new Chinese architecture, responding to the aggressive and unregulated economic development currently undertaken by the industry, often at the expense of the environment.
With the support of leading German manufacturers Schueco and SunWays, Giostra and Arup developed a new technology for laminating photovoltaic cells in a glass curtain wall and oversaw the production of the first glass solar panels by Chinese manufacturer SunTech. The polycrystalline photovoltaic cells are laminated within the glass of the curtain wall and placed with changing density on the entire building’s skin. The density pattern increases building’s performance, allowing natural light when required by interior program, while reducing heat gain and transforming excessive solar radiation into energy for the media wall.

Content architecture: a new medium
GreenPix is a large-scale display comprising of 2,292 color (RGB) LED’s light points comparable to a 24,000 sq. ft. (2.200 m2) monitor screen for dynamic content display. The very large scale and the characteristic low resolution of the screen enhances the abstract visual qualities of the medium, providing an art-specific communication form in contrast to commercial applications of high resolution screens in conventional media facades.

Xicui’s opaque box-like commercial building gains the ability of communicating with its urban environs through a new kind of digital transparency. Its “intelligent skin” interacts with the building interiors and the outer public spaces using embedded, custom-designed software, transforming the building facade into a responsive environment for entertainment and public engagement.

The full integration of media/information technology with architecture in an urban context represents a new kind of communication surface devoted to unprecedented forms of art, while projecting information about the behavior and activity of the building to a wide range of distances and engaging a vast audience within the city of Beijing. The innovative use of technology and experimental approach to communication and social interaction defines new standards in the context of urban interventions worldwide, raising global interest in the integration of digital technology with architecture and reinforcing the reputation of Beijing as a centre for innovation and urban renewal.

The first digital public art space in the heart of Beijing
GreenPix results from the ambitious collaborative talent of architects, engineers, programmers, artists and curators. The unprecedented immense scale of the display and intensity of the light will allow a generation of young artists, both local and international, to create site specific and socially relevant projects.

The new-generation showcase is a highly visible venue, both within the Beijing metropolis and internationally, and a powerful platform to display the work of emerging artists. Its high visibility will be conducive to interactive projects and artistic dialogue within and beyond China’s borders. A compelling program of videos, installations and performances will be organized by a diverse team of independent curators, art institutions, galleries, media schools, corporations, collectors and benefactors, all lead by curator and producer Luisa Gui.

Project: GreenPix - Zero Energy Media Wall
Location: Xicui Road, Beijing, China
Opening: June, 2008
Client: Mr. Zhang Yongduo, Jingya Corporation
Architect: Simone Giostra & Partners Architects
Lighting Designer and Facade Engineers: Arup
Solar technology R&D: Schuco International KG, Sunways AG
Solar panel manufacturer: Suntech China
LED Manufacturer: Thorn China
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Source fro Wired Magazine

By Vince Beiser

Los Angeles, 2019
Image: �The Blade Runner Partnership/courtesy Warner Home Video

Wasn't Blade Runner supposed to depict a bleak, dystopian future? Someone really should tell Sonny Astani. The 55-year-old real estate mogul is planning to bring 2019 Los Angeles to life in the form of two 14-story animated billboards modeled on Ridley Scott's opening sequence. "I saw Blade Runner at least five times," says Astani, whose empire encompasses thousands of Southern California apartment units.

"The billboards always struck me." Astani's signs will appear on the sides of adjacent condo towers being constructed in downtown LA. The idea, pending city approval, is to install hundreds of rows of LEDs, each spaced 6 inches apart, across the buildings' floor-to-ceiling windows. Residents will be able to see out, but viewed from a distance the pixel-like lights will coalesce into an image. Now if only he could get some kind of android workforce to build them.


Los Angeles, 2009

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Source fromtoday and tomorrow
April 29th, 2008


This is NOVA, a 3D LED display, developed by the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich to celebrate their 150th anniversary. Here are some numbers: it is build with 25000 lightballs, each containing 12 LED’s. It can display 16 million colors and 25 images per second. It measures 5 by 5 by 1 meter and it is 3.3 tons heavy. Impressive! So if you happen to go to Zurich, make sure you go and check it out in the train stations main hall, it will be there till September 2009.

There are some more photos in tom29ger his Flickr set.



Photo from Flickr Set





瑞士聯邦技術學院(Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich)為了慶祝建校 150 週年紀念，設置了名為NOVA的吊掛 LED 3D 螢幕，總重量達3.3公噸，由25000個 LED燈組所組成的超大螢幕，每組LED內有12種顏色，能輸出1600萬色，25fps的全3D影片。

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Posted by Rose Etherington
May 9th, 2008


As promised here are more photographs, drawings and model shots of the solar-powered Greenpix media wall in Beijing by Simone Giostra & Partners.



For more information about the project see our earlier story.

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SIMULATOR

The GreenPix Simulator is an application that demonstrates the functionality and experience of the GreenPix Media Wall. Users can import their own Apple QuickTime films and see how they appear on the low-resolution screen and navigate around the surrounding space to view the screen from different perspectives.

It is a tool to helps artists and media designers to understand the unique screen construction and guide them in creating their work. Currently in beta version, the GreenPix Simulator is available for Windows XP and OSX 10.4.

WINDOWS:

MACINTOSH:

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This huge LED screen displays mesmerizing patterns of light and video to passersby. But the really amazing thing about the enormous wall of light is that it�s completely self-sustaining. That is, the light panels themselves harness the energy of the sun during the day to power a colorful light show at night.


GreenPix - Zero Energy Media Wall uses thousands solar photovoltaic capture cells attached to a grid of glass panels, each of which conceals an array of computer-controlled LEDs.



The wall was constructed for visitors attending the 2008 Beijing Olympics, and located in the Xicui entertainment complex, near the site of the games.




The display opens to the public this month, and will feature live and recorded video performances works by artists from around the world.

GreenPix was designed and implemented by New York architecture firm Simone Giostra & Partners, along with global design and engineering firm Arup.
You can read more about the project over on the GreenPix website. (Check out this nifty simulator application if you want to get a better idea of how the display works).

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Source from Article in ID Magazine 54/1

節能媒體媒體牆登陸中國

西蒙的設計工作室設在紐約布魯克林區的班柏（DUMBO 的音譯。這個區位於曼哈頓大橋的下方）。過去的15 年中，西蒙曾先後在Alvaro Siza, Raphael Vinoly, Raimund Abraham, Steven Holl 與 Richard Meier等著名建築師的設計案中擔任專案設計師，負責媒體牆的建設。但是，西蒙還從未在中國設計過如此規模的節能型媒體牆：在白天時媒體牆會儲存太陽能；夜幕降臨後，能量釋放呈現絢麗圖像。目前，西蒙正在測試這個採用光電和媒體互動技術的設計。這個覆蓋整個大樓立面的媒體牆將用於北京的一個娛樂中心。

這個娛樂中心位於北京西部的五棵松奧運場館對面，在2005 年6 月已經開業。目前，樓內有有個電影院和高級餐館。西蒙需要依靠一個20,000 平方英尺的媒體牆使這個目前呈封閉狀況的火柴盒式建築變得生動，與周圍環境發生聯繫。因為大樓正對交通幹道，約有90%從道路經過的人會在車內看到它，就像看到一個巨型的室外廣告牌。因此，最初的設計理念是要將訊息投射到立面上，讓人們可以從不同距離獲取。這個媒體牆採用低解析度的LED 成像，可儲存能量並呈現抽象的視覺藝術作品。西蒙說他是受到Gerhard Richter 和Jim Campbell 等藝術家的啟發。

媒體牆上的影像會經常更換：既包括受邀藝術家的電子視覺藝術作品，也包括由樓內走動人員身體散發的熱能所產生的影像。設計的技術精髓在於自給自足。媒體牆如同一個有機體，反映出氣候的變化週期：首先吸收太陽能，將其儲存在電池中，以便在夜間用於放光，不需要外界其他能量補充。西蒙介紹說這個幕牆系統自給自足、高效能、而且可以生動反映周圍的光線條件和天氣狀況。

設計初期，西蒙認為海景是一個持續變化的視覺體驗。（大樓由20 英吋寬的水渠環繞）接著，他將一些圖像轉換成電子圖案，形成了媒體牆的基本模板。但西蒙沒有選擇增加幕牆的物理厚度來顯示海景的深度。他接受了媒體牆面平板的特點，將深度的概念轉由幕牆上的影像來傳達。唯一的例外是立面上的一些一平方公尺的板塊可以轉動約5 度，在波濤起伏的海面上營造出跳動的光線。

這個工程計劃在2007 年6 月完工。這是中國第一座採用疊有打孔光電組件玻璃的建築。西蒙將幕牆比作一個「完整的地毯」：深度為7 英尺（已包括維修空間）將採用的三種紋理不同、透明度分別為底、中、高的玻璃板塊。

光電零組件背後的一層半透明擴散點模糊了聚光點，擴大了單個板塊明亮度，提高了抽像視覺圖像的品質。

西蒙認為將電子技術與周圍空間的動靜和反饋相結合是建築界處理建築內涵的新方法。這樣將媒介和建築結合會產生一個有生命的系統，而不是簡單把燈光打在建築表面只能產生靜態的設計。西蒙這樣描繪這個設計在物理和象徵意義：二十年以前我們用兩根線在圖紙上表示建築的外牆；現在，我們更多時候是把媒體牆看成包括20 多根線組成的系統。對西蒙而言，複雜之處在於在一個全球化的時代忠實地反映出建築真實狀況。

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相關連結
媒體新聞稿(簡體中文PDF)
Press Kit PDF(中英版本)

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第一面零耗能多媒體幕牆在北京對外開放

GreenPix－零耗能多媒體幕牆，是一項可持續能源和數位媒體技術的創新性計劃，是為了位於2008奧運主辦場地附近的北京西翠娛樂中心而設計。這一計劃擁有著世界上最大的彩色液晶顯示器和中國第一套整合至玻璃帷幕牆的光電系統。整個建築通過白天吸收太陽能、晚上用它來照亮屏幕，反映出一天的天氣循環，從而以自給自足的能源組織系統來運作。

通過為整幢建築的表面提供迄今為止最先進的可持續能源技術，這一媒體牆將為北京市提供第一個專注於數位媒體藝術的集結地。這一建築將於2008年3月22日開始對公眾開放，屆時將會有特別授權的節目影片和來自中國、歐洲和美國藝術家們的現場表演。

整個計劃由紐約的Simone Giostra & Partners（在歐洲和美國以其創新性幕牆而享有盛譽）設計和實施，照明設計和玻璃幕牆工程設計由倫敦和北京的ARUP公司提供。計劃主管Luisa Gui將與軟體 開發者美國媒體藝術家 Jeremy Rotsztain 協調開幕式程序。

白天吸收太陽能，晚上由同一能源發出燈光，GreenPix就像一個有機系統一樣運作。這一計劃旨在推廣節能技術在新中國建築行業的必須進行的整合，有力地回應了當前業界激進、無節制、常常以環境污染為代價的經濟發展模式。

借助德國頂級製造商Schueco and SunWays 公司的支援，建築師 Simone Giostra 及 Arup公司開發了一項將光電單元層壓到玻璃幕牆的新技術，並由中國製造商尚德太陽能電力有限公司檢查了第一批玻璃太陽能面板產品。多晶光電單元層壓到幕牆玻璃當中，並於整個建築的表面上透過變化的密度進行放置。密度設計允許在內部程序需要時獲得自然光，從而降低熱能獲取和太陽能向幕牆所需電能的過多轉化，增強了整個建築的表現力。

內容構造：一種新型媒體

GreenPix是一面由2292個彩色（RGB）LED發光點組成、面積相當於24000平方英尺（2200平方公尺）的超大動態內容顯示器。超大的螢幕和特有的低解析度增強了媒體的抽像視覺效果，相較傳統媒體正立面領域的高解析度螢幕的商業應用，GreenPix提供了一種具藝術特色的交流形式。

透過這一新型數位圖案，西翠這一棟箱型不透明的商業建築獲得了與城市環境進行交流的能力。

通過內置的用戶訂製軟體，其「智能皮膚」使建築內部與外部公共空間進行互動，將建築物的玻璃幕牆轉變為一種互動娛樂和公眾活動環境。

通過該螢幕向更廣的範圍傳遞行為和活動的訊息、在北京市範圍內獲得大量的觀眾，這是在市區建築物上將媒體/訊息技術與建築學充分地結合，代表著一種致力於創新藝術表現形式的交流平台。

數位技術與建築的結合提升了全球影響、鞏固了北京作為改革和城市復興中心的聲譽，技術的創新使用、交流的試驗性方式和社會的互動定義了城市在全球化進程中的新標準。

北京心臟地帶第一個數位公共藝術空間

GreenPix匯聚了建築師、工程師、程序員、藝術家和監理的聰明才智，是他們相互協調合作的成果。空前規模的顯示面積和燈光強度可以讓一代年輕國內外藝術家們創建特殊場地和社會化的設計方案。

不論是在北京還是國際上，新一代的展示窗口都是高度顯著的標誌物，它為成長中的藝術家們的作品提供了一個強大的展示平台。其高度的可見性有益於在國內外展開交互性的工程和藝術對話。

一系列極具吸引力的影片、裝置和演出將由包括獨立監製人、藝術團體、戲院、媒體學校、企業、收藏家和贊助人等在內的不同團隊來組織，這些團隊都由監製和製片人Luisa Gui領導。

西蒙.季奧斯爾塔及合夥人

季奧斯爾塔先生1994年畢業於意大利米蘭的建築專修學院，獲建築學碩士學位。在Alvaro Siza, Raphael Vinoly, Raimund Abraham, Steven Holl and Richard Meier 等著名建築師建造他們在美國和歐洲的計劃 時， 他擔任了計劃建築師。

西蒙.季奧斯爾塔從業已超過十二年。他的專業經驗和知識促使他開創了這個致力於研究和探索建築功能和新媒介的公司。公司認識到視覺效果在建築計劃的設計和實施過程中的影響力。因此，為了將現有條件發揮到極致，公司結合了建築領域已有和新生的手段，並借助跨學科的合作。目前，他設計並負責建設一些在中國計劃。這些計劃極具創新性，北京的西翠娛樂中心就是其中之一。該計劃採用可自生能量、近2萬平方英尺的媒體幕牆。

同時，季奧斯爾塔先生還活躍在學術界，將自己的專業實踐經驗與研究相結合。他目前在新澤西工程學院建築系研究生院和紐約PRATT任教。

ARUPARUP是一家集設計師、工程師、規劃和業務咨詢顧問為一體、為全球客戶提供多樣化專業服務的全球性企業。我們的工作強調可持續發展。公司為全球人類樓宇建築、交通運輸及其他基建計劃提供最富有創意和可持續發展的方案，是傑出創新的推動力。

ARUP有三個全球業務範疇 – 樓宇、基建與咨詢。我們為客戶提供多元化服務，集合不同部門甚至不同地域的員工參與同一計劃, 旨在彙集全球最佳專業人才，盡善盡美地滿足客戶需求。

ARUP於1946年成立，在全球超過35個國家開設了90多個分支機構，共有員工9000餘人。無論任何時間，公司都有一萬個以上的計劃在全球不同地區進行中。ARUP已在中國經營了超過30年，全公司有近四分之一的員工長駐香港和中國內地。

在中國我們曾先後參與500多個計劃，包括體育場館、摩天大樓、機場、橋樑，高速公路和鐵路等。除了北京首都國際機場3號航站樓，我們在北京的其他工程計劃還有國家體育場、國家游泳中心、北京央視總部大樓，中國國際貿易中心三期（北京的最高建築），北京南站（鐵路），還有作為
奧運會國際廣播中心和主新聞中心的國家會議中心

計劃：GreenPix－零耗能多媒體幕牆
地點：中國北京西翠路
開業時間：2008年5月
投資方：淨雅集團
建築師：西蒙.季奧斯爾塔工作室（Simone Giostra）& Partners
照明設計和幕牆工程設計：ARUP工程顧問（ARUP）
太陽能技術研發：Schuco International KG, Sunways AG
太陽能板製造商：無錫尚德太陽能電力(Suntech)有限公司
液晶螢幕製造商：索恩（Thorn）照明集團中國分公司

網址: http://www.greenpix.org
Simone Giostra & Partners, Inc.
55 Washington Street Suite 454
Dumbo, New York 11201
Tel/Fax: +1 212 920 8180
info@sgp-architects.com
季奧斯爾塔
華潤大廈1201 單元1201－103
中國北京市建國門北大街8號
傳真：+86 139 10 137 626
tyt@sgp-architects.com

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我想認真的討論一下這個案子

因為有幾個點是我覺得非常棒的

第一是節能，第二是低解析度LED，第三是媒體牆與環境的互動可能性，與專用軟體的開放性

1.節能，這是我看過第一個強調節能的media facade，將太陽能板和facade結合在一起不是什麼新玩法，LED媒體牆面也不是新鮮事，但組合在一起就變成超有趣的節能媒體牆。我有點懷疑是否真能作到完全不需額外供電(尤其當白天陰雨綿綿時)，但是有這個作為出發點是非常棒的想法

2.低解析度LED，這是非常有趣的嘗試，因為大多數的LED Media facade都往更高解析度發展，想要呈現出更為細膩的影像質感，但是低解析度的bit格狀卻也有位元的特殊質感，而且以一整個大樓立面與城市之間的關係來看，解析度的高低差異，似乎是未來同類型設計可以拿捏的參考之一。而低解析度的LED也正好可以呈現某些數位藝術(科技藝術)的位元質感(或說是經由數位轉換後的位元狀態)

3.線上模擬軟體耶，這也是第一次看到，我猜測這樣做的目的是為了要鼓勵更多的藝術家或製作內容的設計師可以透過熟悉專用軟體，以此為平台創造出獨特的視覺互動效果。所以未來會有什麼樣的內容呈現頗令人玩味

[filip]

[Chad]

filip!有錯字唷

原文由filip發表

....The very large scale and the characteristic low resolution of the screen enhances the abstract visual qualities of the medium, providing an art-specific communication form in contrast to commercial applications of high resolution screens in conventional media fa硤es
....Its “intelligent skin” interacts with the building interiors and the outer public spaces using embedded, custom-designed software, transforming the building fa硤e into a responsive environment for entertainment and public engagement.
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是façades不是fa硤es唷
雖然不知道那是啥意思XD

[filip]

沒什麼意思，就只是編碼轉換的問題而已
Iso轉utf-8經常有這種一個字的編碼出錯

[karl]

façades(法文)=facades(英文)=外觀.外牆(中文),一般指的是建築的立面!!