GlassArray Features
Turn architecture into media.
GlassArray brings buildings to life with subtle, dynamic imagery—daylight-visible, power-efficient, and seamlessly integrated into glass surfaces.
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Developed by Rafael Lozano-Hemmer’s studio Antimodular Research, this patented system turns ordinary panes into high-speed, dimmable surfaces where thousands of liquid crystal “pixels” can fade independently—without cross-talk. The result is a digital screen that doesn’t emit light, but instead blocks it selectively, making animations, text, and video visible in broad daylight.Unlike LED façades, GlassArray is relatively inexpensive, preserves transparency, consumes minimal power, and avoids garish colours and visual clutter. It offers architects, designers, and developers a refined medium to animate buildings, create subtle signage, or display live video—while maintaining the elegance of glass.
Versatile Applications
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Signage & Art: Scroll sponsor names on a banquet hall, show breaking news across a newsroom façade, or animate a museum vitrine. Entire buildings can become urban canvases for generative art without the intrusion of LEDs.
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Advertising: Deliver striking campaigns on glass façades and atriums with a softer, more integrated presence than conventional billboards.
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Privacy & Projection: Instantly control levels of transparency, open personalized viewports, or turn surfaces into whiteboards and projection screens.
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Environmental Benefits: Reprogrammable patterns can help reduce bird collisions, while adaptive dimming supports dark-sky compliance by eliminating light pollution.
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GlassArray panels update at video rates, are low-maintenance, and connect to standard control protocols such as DMX, Art-Net, or HDMI. Whether retrofitted onto existing glass or integrated into new builds, they offer a new architectural material—one that merges communication, aesthetics, and sustainability.