Eco Factor: Eco-skin to transform old towers into sustainable buildings.

UTS Tower in NSW, Australia has often been singled out as Sydney’s ugliest building, which is desperately in need of a facelift. Multinational architectural practice, Laboratory for Visionary Architecture (LAVA) has proposed a green way to transform the UTS Tower and other 1960s Sydney icons into next-gen sustainable buildings with a unique “Tower Skin”.


The surface tension of the materials allows the membrane to freely stretch around walls and roof elements to help achieve maximum visual impact with minimal effort. After dark the skin acts as a dynamic sculpture that communicates information such as performances and campus events.








Video Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCnucy-Qwgk&feature=player_embedded#!

Source: http://www.ecofriend.com/entry/lava-proposes-to-facelift-sydney-s-uts-tower-with-a-shimmering-eco-skin