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Thursday 16 August 2012

STUNNING RIPPLING INTERACTIVE WALLS OF SAN FRANCISCO’S WATER PLANET AQUARIUM


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Water Planet Aquarium Has Rippling Interactive Walls
By Pinar,
My Modern Met, 10 August 2012.

Design agency Thinc Design and architectural firm Urban A&O took on an ambitious project, in which the creative and technically skilled minds collaborated to design a new and innovative look for an immersive aquarium. The New York-based team's undertaking titled Water Planet is the reconstructed 10,000 square foot centrepiece of the Steinhart Aquarium at the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco [USA]. Using CATIA-based parametric modelling software and aesthetically astute design, this space is transformed into an aquarium like no other.

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The exhibition space brilliantly incorporates multimedia to enhance the experience of visitors while informing them. With 13 interlinked projection, the entire space is a giant visual landscape that is meant to be experienced first-hand. In fact, the walls invite visitors to interact with them. Simply by touching the responsive walls, spectators can revel in delight at the magnificent rippling effect created. The walls, which simulate a stream of water, heighten the entertaining experience of going to the aquarium. It's like you're swimming amongst the marine life that inhabit the 39 tanks within the facility!

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[Source: My Modern Met. Edited. Top image added.]


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