THE EXPLORATORIUM - WIND KINETIC INSTALLATION

The Exploratorium, wins the AIA award for the design of the "Wave Wall," a kinetic skin on the surface of the new Science Education Center at the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) in Livingston, Louisiana. The jury of principals from leading architectural firms said of the LIGO Science Education Center, “Form and function come together in an exciting and unexpected way in the design of this building where a dynamic exterior wall suggests its purpose: a science education center.”Wave Wall, a kinetic wind sculpture involving 120 27-foot-long pendulums installed across the entire 85-foot length of the center’s façade, was exclusively designed for the site by Exploratorium artists.

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