Adaptive Building Initiative created a dynamic installation for the Stony Brook Foundation’s new Center for Geometry and Physics.

The debut of ABI’s Tessellate™ system, the installation serves both as the building's artistic centerpiece and as a functional piece of shading seamlessly integrated within its south-facing glass façade. To achieve the requirements of the building program, ABI installed a floor-to-ceiling composition of Tessellate™ panels, each with a geometric pattern—mirroring the research focus of the building’s resident scientists and mathematicians. As these patterns align and diverge, the visual effect is of sparse geometric patterns—hexagons, circles, squares, and triangles—that blossom into an opaque mesh. The result is a kinetic surface that spans 38 square meters and imbues the building with the functional capacity to dynamically change its opacity.

Adaptive Shading Coverage: 38 sq. meters
Material: Waterjet-cut stainless steel, glass
Dimensions: 5.6m Wide x 6.7m Tall

Architect:
Perkins Eastman

Fabricator:
A. Zahner Co.