Agora é (mesmo) uma nuvem

Andando ainda de olhos postos nas nuvens (onde está a Primavera?), depois do post anterior com o quadro de Magritte, e atendendo à abertura, ontem, da Trienal de Arquitectura de Lisboa, onde marcam presença, como convidados, Elizabeth Diller e Ricardo Scofidio, lembrei-me de colocar, aqui no blog, "The blur building". Trata-se de uma das obras principais desta famosa dupla que "organiza" espaços, misturando elementos de design, performance e meios electrónicos com conceitos de arquitectura.
Este edifício em forma de nuvem constituiu o pavilhão central da sexta exposição nacional suiça realizada Yverdon-les-Bains, no ano de 2002.

Deixo uma palavrinhas de explicação: "the centerpiece pavilion ... is a suspended platform shrouded in a perpetual cloud of man-made fog, designed by architects Elizabeth Diller and Ricardo Scofidio. The cloud can host up to 400 visitors. The so called 'blur pavillion' is visible from afar. The building consists of a 60x100x20 - metre metal construction that sprays innumerable tiny drops of lake water from 31400 jets. The high-pressure spraying technology ensures that the fleeting sculpture will be visible in all weathers, rain or shine. The high-pressure spraying is carried out by high-grade steel jets with tiny apertures only 120 microns in diameter, through which the water is forced at a pressure of 80 bars onto fine needlepoints directly above the apertures and atomised into innumerable tiny droplets 4 to 10 microns in diameter. The droplets are so small that most of them remain suspended in the air. If sufficient jets are installed in a specific volume, they saturate the air with moisture and create the effect of mist or, in this case, the effect known as the blur."

Imagens e citação retiradas de: http://www.designboom.com/eng/funclub/dillerscofidio.html