Daniel Canogar

PULSE

Zachry Engineering Educational Complex at A&M University in Texas, USA

Courtesy of Studio Daniel Canogar

Pulse (2018) is a sweeping generative LED installation by Daniel Canogar, installed on the wall of the Zachry Engineering Educational Complex at Texas A&M University in Texas. Comprising five flexible LED screens that emerge and retract from the wall, the piece visualises building data—air conditioning flow, internet usage, electricity, and water consumption—through flowing, coloured particles reacting to real-time energy metrics.

Rather than a looping video, the system employs custom algorithms to animate on-the-fly responses to data, with each resource visualised in a distinct color, creating a living artwork that senses and reflects the building’s operational pulse.

The installation spans approximately 4.58 × 45.72 × 3.65 m (120′ × 150′ × 12′), blending LED tiles, generative software, live data feeds, computing hardware, and metallic structure into an immersive visual ecosystem. Pulse transforms infrastructure into expressive form, revealing the hidden rhythms of energy and occupancy.