![A custom-installation in a lobby atrium is made from 8,000 colorful discs suspended from 650 wire cables.](https://www.contemporist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/colorful-art-installation-lobby-070523-244-01.jpg)
Canadian-based Dubbeldam Architecture + Design has shared photos of Binary Spectrum, a site-specific art installation they created for a lobby atrium inside a building in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada.
![A custom-installation in a lobby atrium is made from 8,000 colorful discs suspended from 650 wire cables.](https://www.contemporist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/colorful-art-installation-lobby-070523-244-02.jpg)
Comprised of 8,000 translucent discs, Binary Spectrum is a poetic expression of Kitchener’s remarkable industrial shift, from manufacturing to a leader in the digital economy.
![A custom-installation in a lobby atrium is made from 8,000 colorful discs suspended from 650 wire cables.](https://www.contemporist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/colorful-art-installation-lobby-070523-244-03.jpg)
Rising three stories, it is constructed from 8,000 colored discs of varying diameters suspended from 650 wire cables.
![A custom art installation in a lobby atrium is made from 8,000 colorful discs suspended from 650 wire cables.](https://www.contemporist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/colorful-art-installation-lobby-070523-244-04.jpg)
![A custom art installation in a lobby atrium is made from 8,000 colorful discs suspended from 650 wire cables.](https://www.contemporist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/colorful-art-installation-lobby-070523-244-11.jpg)
As people move in and around the space on two levels, the vertical cables softly sway, bringing the sculpture to life and reflecting the buzzing energy of the building’s inhabitants.
![A custom art installation in a lobby atrium is made from 8,000 colorful discs suspended from 650 wire cables.](https://www.contemporist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/colorful-art-installation-lobby-070523-244-05.jpg)
Various patterns can be viewed from different perspectives and provide a new sensory experience with each angle – whether seen from the exterior, from below, or adjacent to the upper floor, visitors can engage with the installation in unique ways.
![A custom art installation in a lobby atrium is made from 8,000 colorful discs suspended from 650 wire cables.](https://www.contemporist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/colorful-art-installation-lobby-070523-244-06.jpg)
The contrast created by two ends of the color spectrum is softened through the gradient between them: warm reds and cool blues merge and resonate with the lobby furniture, specifically sourced to coordinate with the installation’s bluish tones.
![A custom art installation in a lobby atrium is made from 8,000 colorful discs suspended from 650 wire cables.](https://www.contemporist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/colorful-art-installation-lobby-070523-244-07.jpg)
![A custom art installation in a lobby atrium is made from 8,000 colorful discs suspended from 650 wire cables.](https://www.contemporist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/colorful-art-installation-lobby-070523-244-08.jpg)
Tiny teardrop-shaped plumb bobs anchor the seemingly floating discs, their weight creating layers of overlapping straight lines.
![A custom art installation in a lobby atrium is made from 8,000 colorful discs suspended from 650 wire cables.](https://www.contemporist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/colorful-art-installation-lobby-070523-244-09.jpg)
![A custom art installation in a lobby atrium is made from 8,000 colorful discs suspended from 650 wire cables.](https://www.contemporist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/colorful-art-installation-lobby-070523-244-10.jpg)