ABSTRACT
This chapter describes the Series 2 tests exploring new digital design techniques that interrogate existing modes of urban representation. The chapter describes the test aims and methodology, demonstrating conclusively that diffraction artefacts used as templates for a building surface can disrupt image transmission. Traditionally an unwanted and discarded image-making product, Fraunhofer or far-field diffraction patterns are created by the interaction of an obstacle, commonly known as a diffraction grating, and a distant light source. The chapter demonstrates that the application to a building's surface of digitally derived pattern arrangements drawn from Fraunhofer diffraction can disrupt image production and, consequently, any promotional ambitions associated with site ownership.
