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Architecture as a habitable medium
pp. 184-195
Abstract
The Blur Building is an exhibition pavilion built for Swiss Expo 2002 on Lake Neuchatel in the town of Yverdon-les-Bains. It is an architecture of atmosphere. Its lightweight tensegrity structure measures 300 ft wide by 200 ft deep by 75 ft high. It streches over a total of 80,000 square feet. The primary building material is indigenous to the site, water. Water is pumped from the lake, filtered, and shot as a fine mist through a dense array of high-pressure mist nozzles. The resulting fog mass produced is a dynamic interplay of natural and man-made forces.
Publication details
Published in:
Flachbart Georg, Weibel Peter (2005) Disappearing architecture: from real to virtual to quantum. Basel, Birkhäuser.
Pages: 184-195
Full citation:
Diller Elizabeth, Scofidio Richardo (2005) „Architecture as a habitable medium“, In: G. Flachbart & P. Weibel (eds.), Disappearing architecture, Basel, Birkhäuser, 184–195.