Eco Factor: Sustainable pavilion designed for the Shanghai World Expo 2010 harvests solar energy and rainwater.
The Shanghai World Expo 2010 has a reputation of being a window to the future and designers are leaving no stone unturned to develop hi-tech pavilions that mostly use green technologies that the world is in need today. Atelier Feichang Jianzhu has come up with the plan for the Shanghai Corporate Pavilion for the World Expo 2010, which aspires to mesmerize visitors with the latest in eco technology.
The interior spaces of the pavilion will be shaped as a series of free, flowing forms and will not be enclosed by walls of a static kind. The walls will rather make use of a cubic volume of infrastructural network including LED lights and a mist making system, which has the ability to transform the shape of the building in a moment.
The building will feature a 1600m2 solar heat-collection tube on the roof, which will provide hot water and use the ultra-low temperature power generation technology to generate renewable electricity using solar energy. The external façade of the pavilion will be made using polycarbonate transparent tubes that are made from recycled CDs. In addition to this, the pavilion will also harvest rainwater and recycle it for daily purposes and for the mist-generating system, which will also regulate temperature and purify the air.
Via: ArchDaily
