Public lighting design and architecture festival situated in the CBD of Wellington NZ. The project explores digital fabrication and design ideas to create a tessellated triangular skin to accommodate a doubly curving surface. Backlighting transforms the polypropylene skin into a glowing, diffuse membrane to activate an otherwise abject laneway space in the city.

Completed 2013.

Atmospheric Tessellation was created at Bond University Abedian School of Architecture with the support of the School of Sustainable Development. Practice directors Jonathan Nelson and Chris Knapp carried out this project in their capacity as academics at Bond University, with student designer Michael Parsons. 

• Engineering by Phil Wallace Consulting Engineers, Byron Bay.

• Polyethylene from All Star Plastics.

• Volunteer labour provided generously by students from Massey University and Victoria University, Wellington.