Bata Shoe Museum 150th Window Video

After all the celebrations calmed down, the team behind the Bata Shoe Museum installation for Canada's 150th anniversary had a moment to document their work including a succinct video on Ryerson University's experiential learning and city-building opportunities.

Bata Shoe Museum Proposals

The team behind the Bata Shoe Museum 150th Canadian Anniversary window visited the site and came up with several design options before commencing production on the current scheme.
Visiting the site with the new team of [R]ed[U]x Lab members meant not only documenting the site but also taking a look at the finer details of the past installation that would better inform the infrastructure resources for the new design.

As evidenced by the options produced the team delivered on a range of options including representations of urban centres to the nation's geological morphology. Here are several initial proposals at the outset of the project.

Bata Shoe Museum's Window Celebrating Canada's 150th Anniversary

Once again the Department of Architectural Science through [R]ed[U]x Lab have been asked to design, detail, and deliver on a window display that celebrates Canada's 150th anniversary. This was a difficult task given the benchmark established by the current installation, foot[age], a collaboration between Architectural Science and Interior Design students, led by [R]ed[U]x alumni and DFZ technicians Fil Tisler and Naveed Khan.

This initiative is led by Lisa Boulatova with John Zhang and Liam Hall with the support of students in the Department of Architectural Science. This design draws upon the provincial flowers as a unifying element wrapping around the prominent window. Composed of an array of 3D printed shoes, the installation undulates beyond a subtle backdrop that has been evolving for the past few months. This looks to be one of the [R]ed[U]x Lab's first projects that use the medium beyond prototyping and instead serving as the actual output.

Below are samples of the initial proposal to the Bata Shoe Museum. Special thanks to Remi for the excellent initial photos to work from in the montages.

Stomata: Respiration Video Montage

Though the images that were taken by Remi were already quite seductive and served to highlight Stomata's intricacy and density, the video he quickly compiled showcases the respiration effects that were present in the design.

As the CO2 sensor array mounted atop the room fed signals to vary the amount of oxygen pumped into the the Stomata membrane, a parallel pneumatic system highlighted the respiration through the inhaling and exhaling of the plastic ballasts.

Thanks to Everyone

Thanks to everyone from Ryerson University, FCAD, the Design Fabrication Zone, our generous hosts, the Bata Shoe Museum, and of course all the great volunteers who were instrumental in literally putting this project together! It proved to be a great success and we look forward to more initiatives like this in the future.

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And of course the requisite selfie from the First Year volunteers...

Stomata: The Effect

Those unable to attend the Stomata Installation at the 2014 Nuit Blanche in the Bata Shoe Museum missed out quite an experience, but here are some images that Remi took that documents some of the ambiance.

Stomata: The Details

In this set of images Remi showcases some of the nuanced detail work that the volunteers were instrumental in assembling.