Monday, July 9, 2018

Origami-inspired Aqualagon water park is a site-sensitive extension of the landscape

With their bright, multicolored slides and tubes, most water parks stick out like unsightly sore thumbs in the landscape—but that’s not the case for the site-sensitive Water Park Aqualagon in Villages Nature Paris Marne-la-Vallée, France. Designed by Paris-based Jacques Ferrier architecture, the enclosed water park features a folded and glazed design that takes inspiration from the Japanese art of origami and is largely informed by site conditions. Conceived as an extension of the forested landscape,...

from Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building https://inhabitat.com/origami-inspired-aqualagon-water-park-is-a-site-sensitive-extension-of-the-landscape
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