Notes Design

An MIT-designed building with walls made entirely of water was unveiled Thursday at the opening of the Zaragoza World Expo in Spain.

The Digital Water Pavilion [...] is the first of its kind and illustrates the potential of digital architecture to create spaces that dynamically adjust to people and conditions.

"The design for the water pavilion grew out of a central challenge: How to make fluid, reconfigurable architecture?" said [Turin born] Carlo Ratti, head of MIT's SENSEable City Laboratory. "Our building aims to stand as a possible answer to this endeavor."

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