Seoul's Living Light installation informs on city's air quality

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The installation interacts with users by responding to text messages sent to it - blinking panel lights and supplying citizens with data about air quality

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Each panel in the Living Light canopy represents an area of the city

Youngsters reaching out for information about air quality in Seoul's Peace Park

The tree-like canopy is made up of 27 shaped blocks, representing areas where the Korean M...

Real-time air quality information is fed into the structure from data recorded by 27 air q...

Eye-catching and functional - the Living Light structure in Seoul's Peace Park

Air quality information is recorded by 27 monitoring stations located throughout the city

A user can send a text message to the structure, which then blinks to register receipt and...

Building and testing Living Light prototypes

Article Summary

Situated in Peace Park, just across from the World Cup Stadium in Seoul, stands a functional art installation that lets citizens know about the quality of air in their city. The Living Light canopy consists of blocks representing each section of the city where an air monitoring station is situated. If an improvement in air quality is recorded, the corresponding block on the canopy grid lights up. Blocks are also illuminated when users send text message information requests to the structure.

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