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2004 Environment Design Award Finalist
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Ned Kahn Photography: Jean Daskais
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An environmental designer with a background
in environmental science, Ned Kahn explores
natural phenomena through his projects. Typically they incorporate fluid
dynamics, optics, acoustics, and other features of physics. During the 1980s,
he was an apprentice to physicist Frank Oppenheimer at San Francisco's Exploratorium.
Working out of Ned Kahn Studios in Sebastopol, California, he has designed exhibitions for museums in the United States, Canada, and Japan and completed numerous public art commissions. Kahn's works strike an emotional chord, reminding the viewer of nature's capacity to inspire apprehension, serenity, wonder, and awe. One of Kahn's best-known projects is Tornado, a simulation of the chaotic phenomenon that allows the viewer to interact with the vapor vortex. Most recently, his work has drawn attention to the interaction between natural phenomena and the built environment, such as in Wind Portal, 2003, an installation of 200,000 mirrored disks which respond to the air currents generated by the passing trains and natural wind in the BART Station at the San Francisco International Airport.
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