Demetra & Akito
Hey, I’ve been wondering if we could turn the rhythm of everyday movement—like walking or wind—into a clean power source. Imagine a kinetic sculpture that not only looks good but actually feeds the building. What do you think?
I think it’s a beautiful concept, and kinetic art can do more than look pretty— it can harvest the small amounts of energy that people move every day. The trick is that walking or a gust of wind only gives a few watts, so you’d need a lot of people or a big wind tunnel to power an entire building. A good design would couple the sculpture with a storage system, maybe a small battery bank, and feed it into the building’s low‑power circuits. It’s doable on a micro‑scale for lighting or a digital display, but if you’re aiming for the whole HVAC system, the numbers just don’t add up. Still, it’s a wonderful way to remind everyone that even our footsteps can contribute, and the aesthetic payoff is worth the engineering challenge. And if the sculpture ever turns into a dance floor, we’ll have a built‑in incentive for the building’s occupants to keep moving—think of it as a win‑win for both energy and morale.