Water Cathedral in Santiago de Chile by GUN Architects
The Water Cathedral project by the German-Chilean studio GUN Architects won the Young Architects Program competition, organized in 2011 by PS1, a branch of New York's MoMA, in collaboration with the Chilean cultural platform Constructo. With the support of these institutions, a temporary outdoor installation for public use was created during the Chilean summer. The pavilion, covering an area of 700 m², consists of a flood of slender textile pyramids filled with water and suspended from steel frames. The resulting pyramid composition resembles an enigmatic stalactite cave. Textile stalactites cluster together in various ways, creating vibrant nooks. Water seeps through the fabric, trickles down, and drips onto concrete stalagmites installed beneath them. An irrigation network is connected to the steel frames, supplying the suspended canopy with ample water. In addition to refreshing the air during the summer months, the project also offers an unconventional sound experience. Thus, during the summer, hundreds of visitors could cool off in the pavilion each day, while the energy requirements of the entire project were equivalent to the average consumption of only a few households.
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