Tag Archives: concept
Michael Jantzen’s Eco-Seed Sowing Machines
The Eco-Seed Sowing Machines are solar powered structures that contain a large amount of flower seeds. Whenever evidence of environmental degradation is observed, a signal is sent to the various structures, and a small amount of flower seeds are automatically released onto the earth below. Eco-Seed Sowing Machines are a symbolic public art response to [...]
The Solar Winds Gathering Place by Michael Jantzen
The Solar Winds Gathering place is a design proposal for a large, prefabricated, modular, public art project. In this specific formation, the entire gathering place consists of a cluster of 15 specially designed steel wind turbines. Each of the turbines has a large solar cell array mounted on the top. All of the turbines are [...]
Michael Jantzen’s Sun Altered Cube
The painted steel Sun Altered Cube is a large solar powered kinetic art installation designed to be placed into a public park. An array of solar cells is mounted on the top of the cube. These solar cells power two electric motors that are connected to two corners of the cube. The corners have been [...]
The Hideaway House Concept from Michael Jantzen
I was inspired to develop this as a result of various observations regarding certain advancements in high tech fabric structures. The fabrics used to create many of these structures will last for many years in very harsh environments. They are very tough, will hold their color, and are fire resistant as well. I thought it [...]
Stair-Scape Cubes by Michael Jantzen
Stair-Scape Cubes are large public art structures made of steel. They are designed to encourage people to gather together and exercise by climbing on the stairs that weave through the giant support frame grids. As people climb the stairs, electricity is generated for the communities in which the Stair-Scape Cubes are installed, through the piezoelectric [...]
The FutureShip Zero-Emission Concept
I don’t know when the next time I’ll have the opportunity to take a ferry across the Baltic, but if it’s 2017, chances are it might be on a FutureShip, a ferry that will utilize a zero-emission propulsion concept developed for shipping company Scandlines. “Slow steaming” is not a new concept for international container shipping, which [...]
In Focus: Solar Powered Home Appliances
Home appliances consume up to a massive 20% of our total energy use so it makes sense, both from a financial and an environmental viewpoint, to find ways to either cut down our energy consumption or invest in appliances which utilise alternative energies. Solar powered appliances are clean, green and utilise the sun’s free energy. [...]
FUTUREWATCH: Nissan’s Steer-by-Wire Car
Using software-controlled electrical wires to control the tires, Nissan’s prototype steer-by-wire car could be in main dealer showrooms as early as next year. The system effectively removes the need for mechanically linked steering as it sends an electronic signal to a computer module that then directs the movement of the wheels in response. The system [...]
The California Canopy House by Michael Jantzen
The California Canopy House was designed to embrace Southern California’s sunny temperate climate. As a result, the structure is primarily made of a series of large, overlaping, curved and slotted canopies. Thesecanopies shade the majority of the enclosed portion of the house. They, along with fence-like extentions of theenclosed portion of the house, form shaded [...]