Universal Assembly Unit

Pixel Hut

Part of an interdisciplinary research project in collaboration with HUT Architecture. It is an interactive light canopy reimagining the identity and function of the primitive hut in the 21st century. Deconstructing its universal elements, the hut is then reconstructed as a lightweight, illuminated structure which reflects our growing cultural obsession with digital technology and more specifically the bombardment of notifications which distance us from human interaction.

For Pixel Hut version 2.0, the canopy was installed in a gallery space with food created by Dinnerat29. Sensors under a 2-way mirrored table picked up on phone notifications, which were then exaggerated and personified by overwhelming motion and chromatics saturating the space.

COMMISSIONED BY

HUT Architecture

ART DIRECTION

Samantha Lee

Will Gowland

Patrick Morris

PRODUCTION TEAM

Patrick Morris

Will Gowland

Mike Perkins

PHOTOGRAPHY

Harry Kay

Sophie Determann