Kai Zhang

2024

Operating System 1.1

Type
Interactive installation

Harvard Graduate School of Design,Master in Design Studies: Open ProjectOperating System_1.1Sarah Oppenheimer InstructorClaire GlassTATeam members (in the alphabetic order）Alexia Asgari, Selin Dursun, Skye Gao, Danning Liang, Quincy Kuang, Kai Zhang

OS1.1: Architectural Knob

OS 1.1 harnesses the built infrastructure to extend our sensory registers. We have collaboratively designed an operating system: a lighting network linked by air. As mechanical wooden inputs are touched and turned, lighting outputs change and fluctuate. Manipulation of the physical apparatus directs sensory phenomena along new pathways.

Operating System 1.1
Operating System 1.1

With the "architectural knob" added, any column could be a control switch.

Operating System 1.1
Operating System 1.1
Operating System 1.1
Operating System 1.1
Operating System 1.1

How does it work?

CNC wood + Hose clamp + Steel balls + DIY RGB Optical encoder

Exploded View
Exploded View
Section view: One L-shape vinyl archway is first clamped on the column. Then the piece is clamped to the archway.
Section view: One L-shape vinyl archway is first clamped on the column. Then the piece is clamped to the archway.
Operating System 1.1, slide 1
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OS1.2: Universal through-hole, disassemble, optical rotary encoder

Operating System 1.1
Operating System 1.1
Operating System 1.1