Fallingwater II ?

Expo Zaragoza 2008 will feature a new take on Wright’s famous Fallingwater. The Digital Water Pavilion will feature digitally controlled walls of water droplets. A system of valves and sensors will allow the creation of complex patterns, such as doors or even letters, within the droplets comprising the walls. Project developer Carlo Ratti likens the mechanism of the project to a over-sized inkjet printer. When the gap created by a door, for instance, is no longer needed, the valves at the roof line will reopen sending the water cascading down once more. Adjustments are even made to the height of the roof to compensate for wind conditions!

–mike battersby