06 / Botanical / Suspended
Petal Canopy
A luminous bloom overhead
Six sculptural petals unfold from a quiet centre. The intervening air is an intentional part of the artwork.
The installation gently opens in light through sequential illumination.
- Fabrication
- A or B · Aperture by aperture
- Envelope
- Six petals · ≈ 1,100 × 550 mm each
- Native atmosphere
- Warm amber
- Context
- Reception · restaurant · wellness
- Status
- Concept · not certified
Visual state
Atmosphere
Warm ivory and amber from the centre outward.
01 / Geometry
Measured, not asserted.
The reference geometry behind the form. Preliminary design envelopes, written so an engineer can disagree with them.
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Six radial petals, nominal 1,100 mm long and 550 mm maximum width each, from a six-socket hub.
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Each petal may be an intentionally separate optical aperture (route D by design).
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Overhead suspension requires independently engineered primary support and a separate secondary safety restraint.
02 / Fabrication
Aperture by aperture
Independent petal captures on a six-socket hub; tensioned (A) or preformed (B) per petal. Suspension, fire and electrical codes are engineering work still required; do not suspend over the public on these sizes alone.
03 / Three states
Dark, lit, alive.
The same object, three ways. The form must earn its place before any projector is switched on.
Dormant
Six pale petals open overhead, a sculpture of translucent leaves.
Luminous
Warm ivory and amber from the centre outward.
Living
Petals light in sequence; the bloom opens and breathes.
04 / Where it belongs
Reception · restaurant · wellness
Overhead in a reception or dining room, the bloom defines the space beneath it without touching the floor. Daylight reads the petals; evening opens them.
Studio settings that suit it
Petal Canopy is an original, unbuilt concept study. Every image on this page is a visualization with CSS light treatments, not a photograph of a finished work; the geometry is a design-development starting point and nothing here is a certified production specification or a photometric claim.