Spin Park in Dainan

What if tree canopies can cast shadow when the sun shines and disappear when typhoon hits?
What if tree leaves can generate gentle breeze instead of fluttering in the wind? Spin Park is an urban pop-up park that do just that.
Spin Tree is a simple mechanical tree-like device using a single motor and eight large leaves made with plastic mesh which provides
just the right balance of rigidity and flexibility for the Spin Tree to bloom only using the centrifugal force from the motor.
When the motor is off, gravity pulls the leaves down.
Spin Tree has a simple wind sensor at the top that makes sure that it is not in bloom when wind is excessive, thus minimizing the wind load.
Real trees have deep roots to help them stabilize. Spin Tree makes its canopy disappear when the wind is excessive to stabilize itself without heavy foundation work.
For an urban pop-up park, lightness is important, not only because it makes transportation and installation easy, but also because lightness is the ultimate measure of sustainability as Buckminster Fuller’s famous question to architects suggests:
“How much does your building weigh?”
A Spin Tree weighs just 80 kilograms!

Material：Steel, motor, custom electronics, plastic mesh

Dimensions：1 m