PARCEL was developed as a collaborative project within the Krets research group in 2005.With PARCEL Krets suggests new ways of establishing relations between
the material, audiovisual and digital techniques that are increasingly
forming the environments around us. The project considers off-the-shelf
technologies normally used in the packaging industry and consumer
electronics as integral parts of an architectural design.Punched plastic sheets equipped with computational intelligence through
microprocessors, printed circuits, and a variation of sensors, lighting
and speakers, are folded into volumes. When combined they form a
wall-paneling system integrating information technology and
infrastructure as well as illumination and sound. The folded sheets
create depth from surface and respond to the color scheme of the
Stockholm Concert Hall. The rendering of the color shifts as a result
of the inherent curvature in the pieces and the integrated light.