Friday, 26 August 2011

The Water Cube.. Container of a number of activities







Behind the totally random appearance hides a strict geometry that can be found in natural systems like crystals, cells and molecular structures - the most efficient subdivision of three-dimensional space with equally sized cells.

The transparency and apparent randomness is equally transposed into the inner and outer building-skins, made of inflated ETFE (ethylene tetrafluoroethylene) cushions.





Source: http://sandman-chronicles.blogspot.com/2008/06/water-cube-swimming-in-bubbles.html

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