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Have you ever imagined the frustration of architects when they are crushing their grey matters just to force out the fluids of creativity?Have you ever encountered such desperation when you really desire to come out with something unique and self-defining but only to find yourself thwarted by the lack of inspiration and of course,the absence of a creative mind?Or have you ever wondered if creativity is equivalent to abruptness that lasts tentatively?
Perhaps you may find something really interesting here- New Morpho Tower,which may be inspirational and at the same time, creative,captivating,fantastic,different,spectacular - basically every adjective suitable you can think of.I came across this when my lecturers, Charles and Chee,showed us.And for the first time this year, I was truly besotted,by the Morpho Tower, apart from those exposed bronzed limbs of existing buildings or sculptures portrayed in architectural porn made available at places like Kinokuniya.
Picture it, if you haven't watched the video via the link above.They are two dynamic spiral towers constantly undergo 'metamorphosis', built on a pool of fluid called Ferrofluid,which I will elaborate more later. For this stage, it's still in a research progress and up to this point, graphical presentation is being carried out. Who knows, things change, and maybe in months' time, you may be seeing model sculptures being exposed to curious minds here, as models like Morpho Towers have been displayed in art museum or exhibitions overseas. And in a decade or decades or so, real Morpho Towers may be sprouting in metropolises like Chicago, Hong Kong and Tokyo, of which are all known for their fine architecture.
Morpho Towers, whose name is probably derived from the word metamorphosis, are evidently, towers which change shape or how they look. They are the fruits of the initiation and creativity of Sachiko Kodama. They are also called 'organic towers', which the factor is not known. But my guess is that it's from the Ferrofluid, which morphs synthetically to the music which sets off the changing of shapes of the towers by strengthening the electromagnet in a circuit. It's due to the metamorphosis of the towers, which is seemingly lively and not humdrum or static like other buildings, it's named 'organic' which in a way, denotes live or living.
Have a store of pictures (copyrighted by others) here to satisfy your demanding tastebuds or to be exact, your meticulous eyes, in a way, too, to enlighten the confused, as the saying, pictures speak more than words,
As mentioned in the previous post by Caryn Chang, the Morpho Towers are two spiral towers standing on a large plate holding ferrofluid. When the music starts, then magnetic field around the tower is strenghtened as the circuit is completed.Spikes of ferrofluid are born from the bottom plate and move up, trembling and rotating around the edge of the iron spiral. The dynamical movement of the ferrofluid spikes is controlled by adjusting the power or strength of the electromagnet, which is built within the surface of the building and the surface of the building is supposedly steel- or iron-covered. The spikes of ferrofluid in a way defy gravity and move synthetically or correspondingly to the music beat.
So, as visually shown, they are Morpho Towers, which are coming up as frontiers of modern architecture. Wow, I know they are amazing. Let's imagine the possible existence or construction of these breathtaking structures in any city of the world. They will surely enhance the visual excitement of every people looking at them, captivating them and their hearts in every way they possibly can.
Research on these towers have been constantly done. Who knows,perhaps our generation of architects may be the consultants to plan the construction and realisation of these seemingly sci-fi sculptures. Mirage or not, let us and time tell!
~Ng Loon Jay, Jasper~
16 February 2010
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