2011/06/11

biomimicry inspiration

GEOtube Building Grows its Own Lace-Like Sea Salt Skin

a concept for Dubai that features a self-built exoskeleton made from accumulated sea salt deposits.
The lace-like skin forms once the seawater, misted onto its exposed mesh, evaporates and leaves a layer of salt behind. Because the Persian Gulf has the world’s highest salinity for oceanic water, the salt deposits accumulate quickly, making the transparent skin take on a new crystalline appearance.

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