Solarium is an amazing creation by William Lamson that was made for the Landscape Show 2012. The greenhouse is made up of 162 sugar panels that give Solarium such a colorful look. A house-shaped structure can serve several functions: a greenhouse, a conservatory, or a chapel.
To create the unusual texture, Lamson caramelized the sugar at different temperatures to produce a range of tones of browns, reds and yellows. Then he poured the caramel onto glass specially treated to prevent cracking, and then sealed it with another panel.
As a result, a colorful pavilion was presented for the exhibition with three pots of citrus trees growing inside.
Equipped with four doors, the greenhouse allows natural light to be viewed and accessed from four sides, as well as heat release at high temperatures.
When the sun shines through them, the colorful windows project all the colors and hues onto the floor. Sugar panels show the chaotic movement of hot caramel and trapped air bubbles. It is impossible to look away from them.
In the video, William Lamson talks about how he came up with the idea of using sugar in design and his initial experiments with it. When he first created caramel window panes, the designer had a problem with sugar melting due to environmental influences.
By the time the project was created, the designer was inspired by the location and decided to build a more permanent sugar structure that was both functional and meditative.
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