08 / Faceted / Monumental
Lantern Spire
A beacon hewn from luminous stone
An elegantly faceted, ascending mineral architecture: exacting in silhouette, unpredictable in light.
Contained radiance animates the facets of a crystalline monolith.
- Fabrication
- B or cellular · Preformed / facet cells
- Envelope
- ≈ 2,500 mm high · 600–800 mm footprint
- Native atmosphere
- Warm amber
- Context
- Atrium · plaza · exterior concept
- Status
- Concept · not certified
Visual state
Atmosphere
Warm gold with glacier blue in the upper facets.
01 / Geometry
Measured, not asserted.
The reference geometry behind the form. Preliminary design envelopes, written so an engineer can disagree with them.
01
Nominal 2,500 mm tall; faceted footprint ≈ 600–800 mm; crystalline architectural beacon.
02
Eight longitudinal ribs; stacked indexed polygonal rings.
03
Either a monolithic qualified shell or deliberately divided facets — divided facets are never called physically seamless.
02 / Fabrication
Preformed / facet cells
Preformed shell (B) or intentional facet cells (D). Optical facet seams must be designed, not concealed by claims. Tipping and exterior exposure are engineering work still required.
03 / Three states
Dark, lit, alive.
The same object, three ways. The form must earn its place before any projector is switched on.
Dormant
A faceted translucent monolith, stone-like in daylight.
Luminous
Warm gold with glacier blue in the upper facets.
Living
Contained radiance moves facet to facet like weather inside a crystal.
04 / Where it belongs
Atrium · plaza · exterior concept
A beacon for an atrium or a sheltered plaza — read from a distance, approached slowly. Exterior use is a concept pending material and weather qualification.
Studio settings that suit it
Lantern Spire 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.