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This solar and wind project is unique because it takes technology beyond just being “tacked on” to a building. These micro solar panels mimic nature’s ivy, really bringing life to the otherwise redundant ways we typically see energy being stored.
Your building façade will be able to do Read more
The following video is by Urban Screen, a company that claims to “put architecture on stage”. They basically design large-scale projections for urban surfaces.
You will notice how the building facade in this video becomes dynamic and its skin seems to “breathe” — even if it is only an illusion.
Please note: If you are not able to play the video, make sure to click this article’s title above so you can view this video from the original Sensing Architecture page.
LAYERS OF FLATNESS
In some ways I think that the experience of this installation is very different on video than it would have been in person. I do; however, like the way the projection is scaled to “play” with the existing buildings design elements (windows and such).
Seeing a video like this is thought provoking in that it makes one aware of a state we call Read more
