Media Facade Research

3d animation of the Digital Water Pavilion, due to be built at the entrance of Zaragoza's 2008 Expo. visit www.digitalwaterpavilion.com



The digital water pavilion, an interactive structure mad of digitally-controlled water curtains, will be built at the entrance of the 2008 expo in Zaragoza. It features a tourist information center...



Digital water pavillion in use


Expo Zaragoza 2008 - The DWP project
"The Expo 2008’s theme, water and sustainable development, was the starting point for an important group of projects that use water as a raw material to build space."
(The DWP project, 2008)

Concept
"As a pedestrian approaches, for example, a water wall might open like the Red Sea for Moses, and then close again after the pedestrian has passed through. Or a circular opening might drop down to meet a ball thrown at the water wall – allowing it to pass through without getting wet. These sorts of possibilities enable a profound rethinking of our conceptions of door openings and entries, and of windows and fenestration patterns. There are many other possibilities, as well. As a pedestrian walks alongside a water wall (or between parallel water walls) a panel of water might accompany her to provide privacy and cooling."
(The DWP project, 2008)

Opening in June 12 2008