Drumwall Water Window

This major new work was produced in collaboration with the MSU Broad, Guardian Glass LLC, Lansing Glass Company, and MSU’s Infrastructure, Planning and facilities unit. it began with Oscar Tuazon’s interest in reconsidering the passive solar architectural system devised by Steve Baer as part of his Zome Home. In the original design from 1972, drums of water installed in large bay windows collect solar energy over the course of the day, to heat the house at night. Here, Tuazon envisions the water inserted between panes of heat-tempered glass, while also transforming the static window into a massive, partially rotating door. This prototype is a potentially revolutionary design, which the artist will continue to develop as part of his longer-term efforts to establish a permanent Water School on a property in southern Nevada.