FuturoTextiles | Paris

Created on 20 January 2013

‘Architecture and Vision’ has been invited by Lille3000 to show the project WarkaWater at the Futurotextiles exhibition in the Cité des Sciences, Parc de la Villette in Paris. Created in 2006 by Lille3000, Futurotextiles is a discovery journey through the world of textiles. Artistic, playful and poetic, based in science and technology with pieces by some of the greatest creators of the past few years. WarkaWater is a 9 m high tower constructed with a giunco framework. The fabric inside allows fog-harvesting. The lightweight structure is designed with parametric computing, but can be built with local skills and materials by the village inhabitants.‘Architecture and Vision’ is inviting institutions, NGO’s and private donators to support the further development of this project and its planned installation in the North of Ethiopia in 2013.

Duration: 05.02.2013 - 14.07.2013
Location: Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie, 30, avenue Corentin-Cariou, 75019 Paris, France

Links: www.lille3000.eu | www.cite-sciences.fr