GUN architects’s Water Cathedral Project

Posted by Inspir3d on May 22, 2012 in Architecture · 0 Comments

The Water Cathedral Project by Chilean-German collective GUN architects is the winning design proposal from the MoMA young architects program international. This outdoor installation is consisted of numerous vertical elements that hang like stalactites and stalagmites in a cave.

The project incorporates water dripping at different pulses and speeds from these hanging elements, fed by a hydraulic irrigation network. When filled with small amounts of water, the stalactite components act as interfaces out of which water droplets gradually flow and cool visitors below. The stalagmites topography provides elements of shade, along with plants and water that collect under the Water Cathedral’s canopy. soure

via MoMA

photo credit: guy wenborne; YAP CONSTRUCTO 2011, courtesy constructo