What happens when nature and technology collide? You'll have to visit, Melbourne's Queen Victoria Gardens this October to find out.
In its second year, Australia's MPavilion is bringing a high-tech forest to the lush park. Designed by Amanda Levete of ALA Architects, the structure is meant to mimic a forest canopy. But instead of lush leaves overhead, you'll find flowers.
Made from light carbon-fiber, thin poles will hold up translucent, petal-like coverings that allow for the sun to stream through to park goers resting below. At night, lights at the top of the poles will glow, illuminating the space for evening visitors.
What's more, the "petals" will also act as speakers, recording the daily sounds around them, and playing them back for passerby. Such interaction between the nature-inspired pavilion and park visitors highlights the close and personal relationship we have to our surroundings-even when you think no one is listening, the world around you does.
Levete's design is a nice follow-up to last year's MPavilon creation, an aluminum box with extendable roof panels devised by Sean Godsell Architects that bloomed in response to sunlight. Take a closer look at the flower forest above.
h/t Curbed
