The Blur Building by Diller & Scofidio

[0The0Web0]

great shots! :-)

[MrElucidate]

They were just experimented on...poor souls

[tashwelford]

amazing!!

[glydeuserhelp]

its haarp

[Tavio006]

what is the purpose of this building?

[jakna]

@Badgerinthenight is something has no boundary, than it has no shape. in abstract art usually thing do have shapes, for instance mondrian, but if you look at pollock his "shapes" have a shape that you cannot describe with words. a cloud is more than that, you cannot describe its shape, and you cannon draw its shape, so what shape is it then? it thing that clouds have no shape, same as fracktals...to define a shape you must describe its boundary, can you describe a boundary of a cloud?

[Badgerinthenight]

This is just incredible, what a beautiful, novel and thought-provoking idea. I would just love4 to see it, such a shame it is gone. So glad they won the competition, and with their budget being slashed mid-way through the build I think they did extraordinarily well. I adore clouds and this is a beautiful representation of how a Stratus cloud can be so beautiful yet so plain. Thanks for posting this. :D

[skytte71]

LOL B-Raincoates

"The interactive media project features also a wearable,

wireless technology embedded into 'brain coats',

technologically - enhanced raincoats.

visitors brain coats will react to each other,

indicating either positive or negative affinity between

visitors through color changes and sound."

[sigarantang]

thats cool.....like in the future..(unknown planet or something else)

[sandrockets]

inside of it you were supposed to find all the types of bottled natural water in the world but something happened (i don;t remember what) and they gave up that idea

[quientescucha666]

Just an installation for some World Expo, does not exist anymore, sorry to say

[morrizxd]

wow nice building but where is it?? xD Kidding...

[acetvr6]

Hmm, I though it was an acutal building.. but I'm pleasantly surprised.. if I ever (hopefully) go to Europe, I'd really want to go see it in person .. I like the concept, definitely different

[jakna]

this is not a building

[Badgerinthenight]

@jakna Why, because it doesn't fir your preconceptions of what a building is? That's the point, to defy convention.

[jakna]

@Badgerinthenight that's what i said.

phenomenologicaly, it's really not a building, because, for instance, it doesn't have a shape, a fasade with a shape, because a cloud has no boundary, therefore no shape

[Badgerinthenight]

@jakna No you didn't say that, you said "this is not a building", your exact words. Your're making up definitions of what things are. A building is anything built or constructed, there are so strict definitions to how it should be built or constructed nor what materials can and can't be used. In my opinion, the frame of this building was built and the rest was constructed. Plus, just because something has no boundary doesn't mean it has no shape, like in abstract art.

[gforemang]

@jakna Phenomenology is not about shape or form. Phenomenology is a complex subject about cognition, perception, and reality of being. Phenomenology can be researched through sound with has no shape but occupies volume. What you mean to say is that this project is affect because it is purely about shape simply for the "be cool" leaving the occupants questioning the material aspects and its form.

[DDazzle1]

@gforemang sound doesn't have volume.. and you don't occupy volume, you occupy space(i'm not "trolling" btw)

[EvilErutis]

That's just kickass.