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Wednesday, June 26, 2013

ARCHITECTURE NEWS -

THE GIANT HANGING GARDENS OF DUSSELDORF

 

This super cool interactive architecture is a playground for the imagination - just climb up and play spider games 


Hanging 80 feet in the air this huge installation has turned art lovers into 'spiders' by recreating their intricate webs with 2500-square metres of mesh.  The three storey structure built in Dusseldorf, Germany, allows up to ten people to float on gigantic air-filled PVC balls, as well as play spider by stalking people below. 
 
The three-tonnes of netting took three-years to compose into the impressive structure, called 'In Orbit' by engineers under the direction of Argentinian artist Tomas Saraceno.

Read more, see picture and video:  http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2348740/The-hanging-gardens-Dusseldorf-80ft-art-installation-creates-giant-human-spiderweb-2500-square-metres-mesh.html

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