Program Overview

Advanced Topics in Performative Design: Daylight and Electric Lighting

Course

ASD 20.302: Advanced Topics in Performative Design: Daylight and Electric Lighting

Instructor

Daniel J. Whittaker, Ph.D.
Senior Lecturer

Student Projects

The following projects were completed by students in the course:

• Tay Boon Kiat + Simon Rocknathan: The desert rose, a luminaire inspired by a finely flowering compound planar gypsum crystal.
• Sean Lee Jun Wei + Eion Goh Ee Yan: A novel linear luminescent lighting material using electroluminescent wire.
• Ngiam Ju Jin Lucas + Zhang Guoxian: A functional chair that combines a luminaire and bench seat, providing a source of light and a comfortable seating area. The chair utilizes thick gauged acrylic, laser-etched, to ensure light escapes out in a directed fashion, from an LED strip light source.
• Paris Lau Sherneese + Chiew Jia Hui: A luminaire that combines an organic form with a highly-processed and manufactured material, featuring natural wood root with fibre optic filament threads interwoven with a translucent mesh fabric.
• Rachel Song Li Ying + Adler Teo: An additive-printed form utilizing conventional Polylactic-acid filament to create a multi-planar sphere-like shell, with a centered nucleus light-emitting-diode lamp string.
• Chin Kee Ting + Goh Min Rui: A hybrid combination of hand-crochet knit work and a compact Light Emitting Diode source, creating a fine filigree that filters light and patterns across adjacent surfaces.
• Kelly Yeo Jing Er + Nidhi Hegde: A luminaire featuring contrasting species of heart and sap wood of the basswood tree, wrapped around doughnut-shaped annular rings of Light Emitting Diode lamps.
• Wan Mengcheng + Samson Sim: A near infinite sequence of clear acrylic squares, nested within one another, recalling Russian matrioshka, with a contemporary interpretation in light and transparency.
• Thet Now + Song Tingxuan: A dynamic ordinally symmetrical form, created using polylactic acid filament and 3D printing, featuring a center translucent column that houses a columnar LED unit.
• Teo Shao Tian + Benjamin Chong: A luminaire with wrapped thin-gauge aluminum forms that conceal the source of illumination, featuring thin-mesh translucent nylon fabric supported by a hidden armature of laser-cut acrylic panels.