During the day, the Pendulum creates a playful pathway of alternating shadows on the street. The flat and horizontal design of the light fixtures increases the surface area of the solar panels as much as possible, optimizing solar energy harvesting. At night, PENDULUM becomes an avenue of interactive street lights.

Sensing Light
The intangible yet visible qualities of brightness and darkness make light a liberating material for constructing public spaces. The collaboration between light and darkness can expand and shrink a space without putting up any physical limitations or boundaries. As the sun rises, the city expands for us, and when night falls, it retracts to isles of light under street lamps. We are constantly at the helm of this intangible yet visible exchange. Attending to the dimensions that light builds in urban planning is just as important as considering where physical constrictions will go. The hue, location, width, height and strength of light shapes our sense of surroundings and experience in it.

Seeking Solar Sustainability
The Sunseeker promotes a shift towards sustainable energy on a city infrastructural and individual human level. The light installation provides an option for urban environments to invest in renewable energy while encouraging civilians’ curiosity and support through its innovative and interactive design. Equipped with very light and flexible solar panels, the fixtures not only collect and store energy for use later in the day but are also easily transported and installed. Their high-tech sensors also collect valuable data about how to optimize energy harvesting, allowing for better and smarter city planning decisions when installing future solar lighting.