Aqua paries
The World Expo takes place in Zaragoza, Spain in June 2008. One of the exhibits is to be a building with walls of water.
The World Expo harks back to the World Fairs of yesteryear that promoted a deep belief in science and technology. They also portrayed architectural innovations astounding for their time. The World Fair in London in 1851 gave saw the creation of the Crystal Palace, the one in Paris in 1889 gave the World the Eiffel Tower. Several of the fairs. What these fairs brought to the masses more than anything was the hope of a wonderful future filled with tremendous innovation. They were part trade fairs, modes of exhibit for artists and scientists and venue for the meeting of minds and their ideas.
Next year World Expo in Spain will see this beautiful innovation by Carloratti Associates. All the walls are computer controlled spray jets that spray water in several permutations and combinations. These allow for images and words to be created in the water walls. Also sensors will allow the sprays to stop so that people can walk in and out of the pavillion anywhere along the wall, creating doors wherever wanted. The pavillion will house among other things, a cafe and information centre. And what I loved the most about this piece was that the the roof can descend completely into the ground leaving in it’s wake a serene waterscape.
The idea is wonderful for a fair with the theme of ‘water and sustainable development’. The water is all recycled and the falling water provides cooling to the 5,400 sq. ft structure. I think this will defittely delight all the Expo goers. Everyone loves to play with water! This project will be beautiful and bring a human interaction aspect into it that makes it great.
Check out http://digitalwaterpavilion.com/ for more information.
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