{"id":232059,"date":"2024-06-28T14:24:29","date_gmt":"2024-06-28T18:24:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/?post_type=id_news&p=232059"},"modified":"2024-08-05T09:53:48","modified_gmt":"2024-08-05T13:53:48","slug":"hou-de-sousas-creativity-blooms-installation-shines","status":"publish","type":"id_news","link":"https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/designwire\/hou-de-sousas-creativity-blooms-installation-shines\/","title":{"rendered":"Hou de Sousa’s ‘Creativity Blooms’ Installation Shines at Adobe’s San Jose HQ"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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June 28, 2024<\/p>\n\n\n

Words: <\/span>Annie Block\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Photography: <\/span>Hou de Sousa<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Hou de Sousa’s ‘Creativity Blooms’ Installation Shines at Adobe’s San Jose HQ<\/h1>\n\n\n

Whether an Ecuadorian restaurant interior or an interactive installation at the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, work by Hou de Sousa<\/a> emits a polychromatic yet studied exuberance that\u2019s rooted in site and intended to be enjoyed by as many people as possible. The New York\u2013based studio led by husband-and-wife architects Nancy Hou and Josh de Sousa frequently arrives at its design solutions through processes that include utilizing such Adobe programs as Illustrator and Photoshop. So, when the software company invited the firm to submit a proposal for an outdoor installation at its San Jose, California, headquarters\u2014newly expanded with an 18-story tower and a footbridge to connect it to the campus\u2019s existing three buildings\u2014Hou de Sousa, well versed in the client\u2019s tools, snapped up the commission. The resulting Creativity Blooms <\/em>entails 20 elements: a mix of\u00a0\u201ctrees\u201d and \u201croots,\u201d benches, plus a logo, running underneath and along the bridge. The trees and benches are super-thin aluminum plates painted vibrant colors that nod to Adobe\u2019s spectrum and the ingenuity it summons, as well as San Jose\u2019s agricultural history. At night, they\u2019re set aglow by embedded LED strips. \u201cPhotoshop,\u201d de Sousa recalls, \u201cwas particularly helpful with testing out the lighting effects.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Creativity Blooms, a multipart installation by Hou de Sousa at the expanded San Jose, California, head\u00ad quarters of Adobe, starts at street level, where a custom logo and eight LED strip\u2013lit \u201croots\u201d run up and underneath the footbridge that adjoins an office tower, both newly built for the software company by Gensler. Along the 250\u00ad-foot-\u00adlong bridge are Hou de Sousa\u2019s eight \u201ctrees,\u201d each 13 feet tall, and three benches (only two shown), all made of 1\/8\u00ad inch \u00adthick painted \u00adaluminum plates and custom stainless-\u00adsteel bolts. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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