If they are the same material, hopefully they are of better quality than the ones at Shangri-la, many of which stopped working almost immediately after installation.
Actually I am disappointed that Ian Gillespie didn't go back and pay for replacement of the ones that never worked properly. I appreciate that it was a bit of a new technology at the time, but obviously the strata will have no interest in ever paying to replace them. It's a shame really.
Thankfully in this case it isn't strata so the developer isn't likely going to simply take the cheap/easy route and then move on to the next project like Gillespie did.
My understanding is the original panels were to be Luminous paint panels, not led's. Unfortunately the light absorbed during the day didn't hold the light long enough as well the background city lights minimized the effect. The panels installed I understand are light interference pigment painted (color changing) panels.
Don't get too excited; they'll probably turn them off at 10pm each night so that they don't create "light pollution."
Could be that the the backlighting is intended to be a muted version of neon / LED stripes seen on other buildings (i.e. as you alluded to, West Pender Place).
Umm so it just looks like the crap spandrel we all hate. What is the point of this?
its actually dichroic glass and changes color depending where you stand and on the quality of light...if you walk past the building at different times of day it changes its hue...when its sunny it looks brilliant green but when its cloudy it changes to blue and aqua
never trust a photo as it doesn't tell the whole story
I think it depends on the viewing angle.
It looked really bright green from near 999 Seymour then it changes to blue when viewed from a sharper angle as you walk up the street.
I didn't see any red on it.
I wonder if it shows up bright from high up, like from Capitol?
Pics by me today (2nd is blurry, but shows colour difference)
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