BS08.011 Musical Façade i.e. wind-instrument-rain-screen-panelized-façade-system

Category: Product Development

Brief:
Combining the study of wind loads on the surface of a building form with the idea of wind instruments to create a passive rain screen panel system that would emit sound when struck by the winds.

Work/Research Pellets:
Pellet 1: Music, Sound, and Instrumentation/ Studies
[Musicians, Sound Technicians, Musical Artists]
Q. How could panels be articulated to create pleasing background sound (think distant train sound, or waves at the ocean, NOT car alarm sound quality)
Q. How is wind captured and moved through a hollowed shape to articulate resulting sound?
Pellet 2: Wind Energy Modeling
[Mechanical Engineers, Architects, Private Companies working with these systems]
Q. What existing computer software is commonly used to model wind loads? Is free software available?
Q. (Assumptions): Anticipate greater wind suction or movement at the corners and cornice of the buildings so would the Musical Façade panels become larger or have deeper sections here?
Pellet 3: Parametric Modeling of wind-instrument-rain-screen-panelized-façade-system
[Architects, Industrial Designers working with this program]
Q. Can used of Parametric Modeling help to develop musical façade in its ability to change panel form based on wind load models for different climates, regions, and localized areas of the building envelope?
Q. Could prototyping of such a façade system be initiated directly from this modeling software, i.e. go from 3D model to rapid prototyped object and therefore initiate the system as a customized mass-market product?
Pellet 4: Real (Physical) Modeling of wind-instrument-rain-screen-panelized-façade-system
[Architects, Millworkers, Fabricators]
Involves making one or more panels at full scale.
Q. Can used of Real Modeling help to develop musical façade in its ability to test system in real time?
Q. Can model materials be used rather than actual or would this affect sound quality.
Q. Does shape of panel or material effect sound quality, if both, how can these be tested?
Pellet 5: CD drawings/ documents of wind-instrument-rain-screen-panel-façade-system
[Architects, Curtain Wall Manufacturers]

Project Team / Agents:
Musicians, Sound Technicians, Musical Artists, Mechanical Engineers, Architects, Industrial Designers, Millworkers, Fabricators

Leads/Links/Clues:

Web Search: Wind Sculpture
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4B0hGyKV9qs

Web Search: Music Sculpture
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QbhzXXqbvqg&feature=related%20
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cN6TiQ5w8V0&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qF9GiREoxSM&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QbhzXXqbvqg&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cN6TiQ5w8V0&feature=related

Web Search: Musical Buildings
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1D30gS7Z8U

Web Search: Wind Pipes
http://garrisonbeauscott.com/blog/2007/05/18/wind-pipes/

Web Search: Wind Engineering
http://www.rwdi.com/aspx/pub/Misc/WindLoadingonTallBuildingsandStructures.aspx