(HONORABLE MENTION) _ parachute pavilion 2007+ info
competition_
address_ new york, USA
architects_ luca parmeggiani / claudia luchini / joan ramon pascuets / mònica mosset
client_ city council
description_ MAGLEV parachute pavilion |
get on a attraction and become imperceptible. MAGLEV is a system in which the vehicle runs levitated from the guideway by using electromagnetic forces between superconducting magnets on board the vehicle and coils on the ground. the parachute pavillions is a superconducting iman. the parachute pavillion is a monument of lightness, weightlessness, transparency. the parachute pavillion is a lightless glass construction. a light box that projects images floating in the air. |
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