
Turning sound into sculpture
Resembling a 70’s shag carpet, the crimson wall visually captures the essence of noise; a discordant fuzz of acoustic energy, both deliberate and entirely unintentional. Evolving from a sharpie sketch, the feature took many forms throughout the concept and design phase. The main challenge being creating a seamless, three-dimensional, wall applicated sculpture out of 1220 mm x 2440 mm Cube™ panels.
With cardboard and scissors in hand, the design team made small scale models of the wall—figuring out how to cut and assemble the panels in such a way that the entire wall was covered seamlessly, and rhythm of the pattern appeared irregular. Once they had figured it out—through continual development and feedback from Warren and Mahoney—the small scale models were transformed into larger sample models made from Cube; assembled and presented in the Warren and Mahoney offices to give the architects a true feel for how they would look in the space.