MVRDV'S WATER CUBE

Written by Elsa Brown: Architects MVRDV wanted to bring an undersea experience to visitors at the 2012 World Expo in Yeosu, Korea. Their design, The Water Cube, is being proposed for the event. The focus of the upcoming expo is on the power and beauty of the ocean, and MVRDV wanted to approach the idea simply. They created the concept of a, “pure visible block” extracted from the ocean that aims to express the unmediated beauty and power of the sea. The prospect of staring straight into watery depths from the safety of dry land sounds intriguing, but we will have to wait until the 2012 Expo to find out. Click Read More for additional information and photos.




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