Michael Jantzen’s Sun Shadow Pavilion was designed using the
unique patterns and shapes created by the sun’s rays shining
down onto the ground.  For eight hours the artist traced the
shadows which were cast from the sun onto white paper from a
large scale model of photovoltaic solar panels that were
arranged to sit flat on the ground. Jantzen then created the
layered structure using the shapes generated through this
process in combination with the angle at which those shadows
intersected the solar panels.  As with the majority of Jantzen’s
work, this piece is purely conceptual and offers a suggestion
for a unique design concept that could be used to harness the
sun’s energy in a revolutionary way.  The structure, when
constructed in actuality, would be solar powered and the shadows
created to design the building itself would be painted onto the
floor.