I decided to rename my solar tree to “Helios-The Power Tree” or Helios Tree for short. I don’t want people to confuse my flexible solar PV cell tree with the Solar Tree a project by Ross Lovegrove of LONDON. My tree has an organic form and is a blue color and silver leaves. The idea behind the form of my tree was inspired by a fellow artist’s by the name of Roxy Paine who’s work is in Madison Square Park in New York City. Now that the solar PV cells where installed to the blue foam skeleton, the prototype is actually starting to look like a tree! Behold The Helios Tree:
View from below:
View from above:
