Imagine a city where ugly buildings could be covered, wrapped, and hidden from sight. LAVA Laboratory for Visionary Architecture proposes this "Tower Skin" to alleviate the eye sores that exist in every city and to improve efficiency in outdated buildings. This high performance 'skin' is a composite mesh and it does everything under the sun - generates energy from photovoltaic cells, collects rainwater, improves daylighting and employs convective energy to power the building's ventilation. Another added feature, the building can become an animated surface with embedded media at night allowing it to morph into infinite forms. This is a fun concept, but how many buildings will admit their unattractiveness? Initially called a "face lift", but it is more like a face off.
by day
by night
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