9 KNOBS
5 PUSH BUTTONS
1 SCREEN
1 COMPUTER
4-5 ARDUINOS (MEGA)
Development for City Power Grid has been a journey. The pandemic made it really difficult, but the power grid is so complex and there’s so many interesting facets of it! I’m grateful to my team for supporting and guiding me through the difficult time of developing exhibits for visitors, when there are no visitors.
Exploration 1 - Build and Power a Grid
Exploration 2 - Can you take down the grid?
REDUNDANCY CONCEPT
Another prototype attempt
Tower rendering and design by Kit Chow and Adam Prost
INSPIRATION
Constellation Room in Meow Wolf Santa Fe
Screen-grab of Tales from the Loop on Amazon - a serendipitous power grid in the background
Exploration 3 - Can you Balance the Grid?
My “sketch” of city power grid
The final “idea iteration” was based off a Wind and Storage applet from the University of Illinois, but geared towards what in each of the consumer sectors uses the most energy.
Rendering and Design by Adam Prost
Applet from University of Illinois
Figure A (right): Realistic rendering of Sydney’s brain (dramatized)
Graphic Design by Amy Lam