Advancements in science and technology are not only restricted to gadgets or appliances, but they break all the barriers and have entered the wider spheres such as means of mass transportation and architecture, commuting and residing the inhabitants in utmost comfort. Here are some of the stunning architectural delights that breathe life with modern interactive technologies.
Shanghai Corporate Pavilion
The “Shanghai Corporate Pavilion” by Atelier Feichang Jianzhu seems to substantiate the “Better City, Better Life” theme with its alluring design. Finished with thousands of plastic tubes made of used CD cases to form a grid-like matrix, the exterior of the structure presents a dazzling effect with computer controlled multi-colored LED lights at night. Read more
World’s Largest LED Project
The Yas Hotel by Asymptote Architecture is covered in a grid of 5,300+ diamond-shaped steel panels that contain nearly 5,000 LED fixtures, making the structure the world’s largest LED project to date. Read More
Pixel Skyscraper
Hailed as “My Dream, Our Vision,” the digital cloud skyscraper is finished with 3,866 cubes of varying opacity and requires visitors to enter a dark underground space with audio feeds alluding to the background services. Resembling an illuminated digital cloud hovering over the city, the strategically sloped structure employs natural light to give clear view of the sights on display to the visitors. Read more
UK pavilion at the Shanghai Expo
Penetrated by 60,000 (7.5 meter long) transparent rods, the pavilion acts as fiber optic filaments and elucidates the interior of the pavilion with natural light in the daytime, while on the other hand, the rods transfers the light from the inside to the exterior to glow the structure through the night. Read more
Miapolis LEED Eco-City
Designed by KOBI KARP, the building is a “city within a city” and will use futuristic cutting edge sustainable technology, making it the world’s largest LEED-certified structure. To be built on Watson Island, the 160-floor eco-city will house entertainment zones, and amusement park, restaurants, and observatory, a 792-room hotel, 1000 apartments and a whole lot of space for shops and offices. Read more
500 Brickell, first interactive building in Miami+
500 Brickell Ave. introduces the first interactive building in Miami, located across the river from downtown while keeping an exclusive Brickell address. Read more
Digital Beijing Building
The building embodies the concepts of “Green Olympics,” “High-Tech Olympics,” and “People’s Olympics.” To protect the environment, it used such materials and technologies as the fair-faced concrete and outdoor ERP grid. Its glass curtain wall can reduce thermal conduction and its LED lighting system can save as much as 60 percent of energy. Read more
Blue Crystal
Hailed as “Blue Crystal,” the swimming world features the bright variety and beauty of water. Combining the natural organic forms with the elemental structure of ice, the Blue Crystal blends the Arabic ornamental style with the Crystal world, creating an ace atmosphere on the tranquil sea surface. Aims to discover the fascinating connections between water, light and sound, the Blue Crystal, exploring the extravagance of form, connects architecture with the elements water. Read more
Cybertecture Egg Office
Based on futuristic interactive building designs, the Cybertecture Egg will be one of the most high-tech offices in the world with PV panels, a wind turbine and a sky garden that will generate electricity via thermolysis as well as an eco-cool water filtration system that will recycle gray water for use in the building. Read more
Moodwall
Media architecture collective Urban Alliance has recently finished the Moodwall: a 24 meter long interactive light installation in Amsterdam. The Moodwall is situated in a pedestrian tunnel and interacts with people passing by, improving the atmosphere in the tunnel and making people happy and feel less unsafe. Read More