Monday, May 26, 2008
Buildings With 'Digital Water' Walls Created By MIT
You've seen it happen only in fairy tales or Sci-fi novels. Buildings made of water, and walls without doors that senses your approach and lets you in. Architects knew that creativity knows no limits. Whereas the real world that's dominated by concrete, bricks and mortar cannot be manipulated so easily.
Graphic courtesy / carlorattiassociati--Walter Nicolino, Carlo Ratti, Claudio Bonicco and Matteo Lai
This is where digital architecture comes in. Digital architecture aspires to create buildings that are reconfigurable. It wants to change the shape and size of a room based on necessity and use. Present day architecture doesn't allow this whereas digital water which can appear and disappear aids in the creation of astounding structures.
The Digital Water Pavilion at the 2008 World Expo in Zaragoza, Spain is going to be a building made of water. The best thing is that you don't have to search for a door to step in. For the water curtains aren't just programmed to display images and messages, it can sense an approaching object and let it through.
New combinations of sensor technology, embedded intelligence, networking, computer-controlled pumps and valves, and control software enables this architectural marvel to be possible.Taking a cue from fiction and animation, architects have tried to prove their might with digital technology.
Source - MIT
Graphic courtesy / carlorattiassociati--Walter Nicolino, Carlo Ratti, Claudio Bonicco and Matteo Lai
This is where digital architecture comes in. Digital architecture aspires to create buildings that are reconfigurable. It wants to change the shape and size of a room based on necessity and use. Present day architecture doesn't allow this whereas digital water which can appear and disappear aids in the creation of astounding structures.
The Digital Water Pavilion at the 2008 World Expo in Zaragoza, Spain is going to be a building made of water. The best thing is that you don't have to search for a door to step in. For the water curtains aren't just programmed to display images and messages, it can sense an approaching object and let it through.
New combinations of sensor technology, embedded intelligence, networking, computer-controlled pumps and valves, and control software enables this architectural marvel to be possible.Taking a cue from fiction and animation, architects have tried to prove their might with digital technology.
Source - MIT
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