Bob Dylan sang “The answer is blowing in wind.” He was so right. The Wind Shaped Pavilion might be the ‘answer’.
It is a design proposal for a large fabric structure that rotates as the wind blows. A central open frame fixes the six floors. Each of them can slowly and randomly rotate.
And put in context of an open field, the constantly moving building can generate electrical power. It’s not enough to be a self-sustainable structure, but enough to supply nighttime illumination, believes Michael Jantzen who designed it.
It reminds us the time when people lived in lighthouse. The next step of human habitation might be wind turbine generators. (via inhabitat)
Cocolico — The bridge that turns the wind into sounds – March 19, 2007
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