In this episode of Tilt: Exploring Industrial Design and Architecture, we take a look at Atelier Jean Nouvel's award-winning design, One Central Park in Sydney Australia, and the project that inspired Managing Director Tim Phillips to expand his traditional industrial design practice into the built environment.
That project was the feasibility design and development of the heliostat, a large cantilever of glass panels that protrudes from the side of OCP's tallest tower, capturing and redirecting light into the park precinct and retail atrium below, allowing for areas that would be otherwise overshadowed by the towers, to receive light year round.
Tilt brought the concept to life by combining solar farm technology, with engineering and industrial design methodologies to not only prove the feasibility of the project, but also to design, construct, install and manage the maintenance of the concept for perpetuity.
