Tuesday, July 10, 2007

Wind Moves Pavilion around throughout day; Creates Power for night

clipped from www.walrus.com

WIND SHAPED PAVILLION

The Wind Shaped Pavilion is a design proposal for a large fabric structure that
can be used as a public or private pavilion. As a lightweight fabric structure,
the wind slowly and randomly rotates each of the six segments around a central
open support frame. This continually alters the shape of the pavilion, while at
the same time generating electrical power for its nighttime illumination.
If the structure's scale and the materials were to change, it could become an
apartment complex, and or some other commercial building. In this case, the
occupants could take control and rotate the segments to adjust to changing
desires or needs, such as weather conditions, best views, etc.
The shape of the structure starts out as a relatively symmetrical form. Then the
wind begins to alter that shape randomly, with only a slim chance of ever
returning to its original symmetry.
This is awesome, and pretty

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