Comments on: BUILDING MADE FROM WATER: MIT’s Digital Pavillion

By: Dane

Dane — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 11:40:15 +0000

Superb!

Not only is it so cool it shows yet another life of water. As if it doesn’t already win the prize for most intelligent natural element on earth. Long live water. This creativity can only contribute to more of us seeing water for what it really is, not just using it as a lubricant.

By: Kaitlin

Kaitlin — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 01:51:45 +0000

I think the idea is cool, but (as many other people have stated) it would be useless if there is wind or other bad conditions.You would have to have perfect weather everyday for this to work and its also a huge waste of water.

By: Geoffrey

Geoffrey — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 09:25:07 +0000

I had been working on the idea of water house way beyond MIT design. This has evolute self-supporting structures using nano engineering. Even into ice house that can standard 40 °C temperature using sunlight to cool the ice. BruceGordon Partnership New Zealand R&D.

By: oh no

oh no — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 18:08:00 +0000

I think they should change it from time to time… on month use water, another month use koolaid, etc…

By: janie

janie — Sat, 03 Nov 2007 04:36:15 +0000

looks amazing
it would be fireproof and earth quake safe.
but what if there is storm and flood?

I want a chocolate water building, :)

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By: Ruth Jameson

Ruth Jameson — Sat, 11 Aug 2007 16:26:41 +0000

While the concept of “water walls” is wonderfully exciting, the design of the pavilion is boring and uninspired. To take an idea such as this and execute it without any architectural inventiveness, is an anathema to a positive and exhilarating response.

By: Rayne

Rayne — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 18:57:36 +0000

The Hell with Water…I’d opt for Petron!

By: mollyballs

mollyballs — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 22:00:43 +0000

this is a clearly a creative, interesting idea….but it raises all these questions–

evaporation? wind? how much water will this really use? what if the computer sensors break–will people get drenched? what about leaks in the ceiling? if it’s continuously recycled water, is it going to get very dirty and unsanitary for this expo?

hmmm….my vote is still out.

By: N. sivabalasubramanian

N. sivabalasubramanian — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 05:36:02 +0000

Just wonderful thinking, I hope the efforts will be well appriciated for the creativity. The best part of the desigh and technics, keep a check on using unneccesary production of materials and adding too much of waste to enviornment. The comment of water waste is far better than creating means of other wastes for a display or the similar cause. Shall well come the ideas. The truth is “changes” is the only thing didn’t change from the its exisitance.

By: Carolyn Howard

Carolyn Howard — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 00:41:18 +0000

Very interesting, but the concept of digitalize waterfall messages is not exactly new. I recall a Kitchen & Bath show many years ago where Kohler (I think) used this method in a two story high waterfall to get their message across. It was exciting to see it for the first time. So, hopefully this will make a splash also!

By: kelplover

kelplover — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 17:00:02 +0000

This looks cool. It’s nice when one can be funded for thinking “outside the box.” There seems to be no reasonable practical application for these water walls, other than their visual aspect. It should be rightly referred to as an art installation: a pseudo-structure. I love the comments about burglars and wasting water! LOL

By: Jim Schwandt

Jim Schwandt — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 14:34:49 +0000

Oddly enough, it’s this kind of thinking “outside the box” that drives us to new and better ideas.
You might say, “without creativity there is no creativity!” (think about it)

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By: plartoo

plartoo — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 18:30:38 +0000

come on! stop wasting energy (to pump water) and water itself on building this fantasized, useless thingy.