The Black Box

While looking at the Black Box- The Concealed Room by Erika Kruger I became interested in the creators second project “The Disconnected Shadow”. I found that the design had some similarities to my design for Alfred Nobel’s laboratory. Kruger’s design shows the use of repetitive shapes and lines to create and accentuate shadows. My design also uses the repetition of form. This image shows the final design Kruger created for her “The Disconnected Shadow’ project. The repetition of forms shown here helps to create a vector, which leads people through a certain direction. The use of thinner, disconnected forms creates a unique shadow of lines. As the light source moves further from the panels, shadows will become more distorted. A solid form would not allow for the same shadow distortion or allow light to penetrate through the internal space in the same manner. For Alfred Nobel’s laboratory design, similarly to Kruger’s design, I wanted to shadows, which were detached and unique.