Cloud 9 Habitat Hotel

As the interactive lighting consultant, James worked on a working scale model for The Habitat Hotel, by architect Enric Ruiz of Cloud 9 Architecture.The hotel consists of a building with an 'energy mesh' wrapped around it. This 'energy mesh' has individual nodes that collect the sun's energy during the day and at night gives off a specific color according to the amount of energy collected. The model's mesh consists of 500 tri-color LEDs controlled by a PIC microprocessor. Also imbedded in the model's mesh are photosensors which determine the brightness on them and give off a color according to the energy color scheme.

This model was created for the exhibition "New Spanish Architects" at the MoMA in New York, Feb 2006. This piece is now part of the MoMA's permanent collection.