GreenPix goes up in China
Does the world really need another giant building acting as a video screen? Mm, maybe not, but there’s nothing to stop the billboard and advertising industry from putting up large video screens in public spaces… so this uber-huge GreenPix: Zero Energy Media Wall, installed just in time for the Beijing Olympics, is something we like to see.
Featuring the largest color LED display worldwide and the first photovoltaic system integrated into a glass curtain wall in China, the building performs as a self-sufficient organic system, harvesting solar energy by day and using it to illuminate the screen after dark, mirroring a day’s climatic cycle
And for now, this gigantic “screen” is to be used for art. The building opened this week with specially commissioned programs from Chinese, American and European artists. For more pictures and video, check out ArchDaily.
It sure looks great in the photos. Perhaps any readers in Beijing can tell us how it looks in real life?
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Lean building Aug 6, 2008 at 12:50 pm
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