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MVRDV: water cube proposal for thematic pavilion, yeosu expo 2012


the 'water cube' by MVRDV
image courtesy MVRDV

the 'water cube' is MVRDV's proposal for the yeosu expo 2012 thematic pavilion in korea.
the design interprets the expo's focus on the power and beauty of the oceans by 'extracting
a block from the ocean'. a hollow block is enclosed by walls made of stacked water basins
which allow visitors to explore the wonders of the ocean.


image courtesy MVRDV


image courtesy MVRDV


image courtesy MVRDV


image courtesy MVRDV
ridhika db
01.06.10  
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It's a really cool idea, but im having fun thinking how this could end up in one wet disaster.
Max   01.06.10
what a horrible kitch
Lucas   01.06.10
Perhaps its an idea for MVRDV to stag all their clichés, burn them and start designing again.
Fuller   01.06.10
it's obviously a fantasy and the design is extremely poor and totally unresolved.
I think they should study the needs of an aquarium and then go back to the drawing board...
Archic   01.06.10
nice but impossible
what a pity :-|
hahaha   01.06.10
it's a direct copy of what they did at EPCOT center. Except epcot understands the world as a globe, not a cube, which actually helps the design. i usually love MVRDV's output but this is a little too committed to the cube.
alisabet   01.06.10
It's nothing wrong with the cube, i am pretty sure MVRDV going to make this work! just wait n see : )
vibenade   01.07.10
nice imaginative concept and visual
issy   01.07.10
Beautiful, great visual design.
joanne   01.08.10
these acuariums will have animals inside? the species from the ocean? it's so anti-eco, it's a joke? how it's possible that people continue putting behind a fence to the animals... every time that i look this stuff i feel sick.
daniela   01.10.10
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