The materiality of the glass creates a volumetric presence of light with a richer and more complex interplay of color.
POLYCHROMATIC RESONANCE WINDOWS
SALT LAKE CITY, USA
2022
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THE ARTWORK SPANS THE NORTH (SEEN HERE) AND WEST FACING FACADES
SET DEEP WITHIN FACADE THE ARTWORK IS HIGHLY RESPONSIVE TO THE PASSAGE OF DAY AND NIGHT
THE NORTH WINDOWS FEATURE ASCENDING SHADES OF BLUE WHILE THE WEST FEATURE ASCENDING SHADES OF RED
THE GRADATED ASCENDING COLOR PATTERN CREATES A SHIMMERING LANTERN EFFECT
THE RHYTHMS OF THE POLYCHROMATIC ART-GLASS WINDOWS INFUSE THE SPACE WITH AN UPLIFTING EXPERIENCE OF LIGHT
THE WINDOWS TRANSFORMATION OF VIEWS INTO POLYCHROMATIC RESONANCES CREATE A DYNAMIC EXPERIENCE OF PLACE
Description
The site is large communal space with a flexible Meetinghouse program featuring North-facing and West-facing windows set within deep wall apertures. These vertical, rhythmically patterned polychromatic art-glass windows infuse the space with a calm, uplifting experience of colored light. Using a consistent vertical pattern, the north windows feature an array of ascending blue-green to purple glass bars, while the west facing windows feature an array of amber-red to purple fused glass bars.
Each of the twenty-eight windows consists of three vertically orientated art-glass panels consisting of colored glass layers laminated to a custom clear kiln-formed glass with a vertically ribbed texture that creates lensing effects that blend the desired chromatic resonances. The gradated ascending color pattern results in windows highly responsive to the light conditions over the course of the day to night, where from the street the chapel windows set deep within the stone wall facade cavities, appear as shimmering volumes of luminous colored light, creating a glowing lantern effect.
Client: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints