This Wall Breathes With The Wind

This thing is called kinetic wall. Made with 250,000 aluminium panels that are sensitive to wind currents, its 5000 sq m surface looks like a vertical lake. Watching it in motion is a surreal experience:

The video above is from a smaller previous project. The wall in the image is being made by Urban Art Projects and artist Ned Kahn for the Brisbane Airport. It will completed next to the new domestic terminal short-term parking building in 2011. [Archdaily]

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    olearymo

    Tuesday, July 20, 2010 at 9:41 AM

    Does it generate electicity? Or is it art?

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      Joe

      Tuesday, July 20, 2010 at 12:10 PM

      hey i was thinking about that as power generator too

      it seem like it possible somehow?

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    Kif

    Tuesday, July 20, 2010 at 5:21 PM

    Sooo…. airports just aren’t noisey enough already?

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