Imagine a wind tower with stained glass illuminated by solar energy. It’s happening at Regent College, a graduate school of Christian studies affiliated with the University of British Columbia in Vancouver.
The stained glass was designed by Sarah Hall, and is titled “Lux Nova”. The column contains an array of solar cells that collect energy during the day, and creates what the article calls, “a luminous column of light flowing like a waterfall in silvery blue, violet and white.” The ever changing rainbow of color is created by 12 dichroic glass crosses, and woven through the waterfall of light, is the Lord’s Prayer in Aramaic.
The artist was inducted into the Royal Canadian Academy of Art in 2002, and attended the architectural glass program at Swansea College of Art in Wales. If you’d like to see more of Ms. Hall’s design, this is the link to her website.
The 12-meter wind tower is used as a natural ventilation system for the new, $10 million underground theology library building. The tower was designed by architect Clive Grout in collaboration with Walter Frankl Architects.
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My home state is Illinois, and my hometown a little railroad/farming community named Galesburg.We lived on a small farm during my high school years and I became very aware of nature and it's wonders. I loved the out of doors, working with animals, plowing fields and harvesting crops. Those were very good years.After a stint in the Army during the Korean war my broadcasting career took off at the local radio station, a 250 watt "teapot" as it was called in those days. My first job was as an engineer, then the ham came out and I became an announcer/newsman, graduating after several years to a larger market and a stint as a TV journalist/photographer. Cold, wet weather led me to the southwest where I've lived for most of the last 40 years, with a couple of years out to have fun working as a private investigator in San Francisco, and a few years working in Las Vegas hotels and casinos. In all, its been a real ride.After retiring a few years back I became fascinated with the efforts being made to find alternative energy sources. I've watched our environment deteriorate during my lifetime, and now it's my chance to join the chorus of intelligent and caring individuals making a difference one day at a time.
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This is incredible. Why can’t we do somehting like this in the U.S.?
This is SOOO cool! Thanks for letting me know about it. I love art and stained glass and college campuses, and to have all that rolled up with green too….ah, heaven.