Wiring in commercial buildings can be mind-boggling – kilometres of conduits snaking through the nooks and crannies of buildings of all sizes, sky-scraping or small.
In traditional electrical trunking design, wiring devices, such as sockets and switches for power and data, are fit in thanks to mounting devices. The drawback with that “snap-on” approach: the play between the moulded parts of the wiring devices and the extruded profile. The potential risk is that the wiring device may not be so firmly attached in the trunking. Loose wiring can mean trouble.
Think of how the late Austrian artist-architect Hundertwasser disguised an incineration plant as a work of art, and you'll understand what Belgian architect Luc Lodewyckx is up to.
