{"id":1927,"date":"2008-10-29T14:19:14","date_gmt":"2008-10-29T04:19:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mediaarchitecture.org\/?p=1927"},"modified":"2008-10-29T14:19:14","modified_gmt":"2008-10-29T04:19:14","slug":"wall-of-africa-expo-2008-zaragoza","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mediaarchitecture.org\/wall-of-africa-expo-2008-zaragoza\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Wall of Africa\u201d &#8211; Expo 2008, Zaragoza"},"content":{"rendered":"<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mediaarchitecture.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2008\/10\/expo2008_led_fassade_gesichter-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"expo2008_led_fassade_gesichter-2\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1929\" \/>\n\n<p>&#8220;Water and sustainability\u201d is the motto of this year&#8217;s international world exhibition held from 14 June to 14 September in Zaragoza, Northern Spain. In 140 pavilions, approximately 100 nations are presenting solutions for the responsible use of the precious resource. Ledon\u2019s contribution is the visionary illuminated fa\u00e7ade &#8220;Wall of Africa\u201d, an impressive example of the variable use of light-emitting diodes.<\/p>\n\n<!--more-->\n\n<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mediaarchitecture.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2008\/10\/expo2008_led_fassade_fische-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"expo2008_led_fassade_fische-2\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1930\" \/>\n\n<h4>Light as a medium of communication<\/h4>\n\n<p>In compliance with the world exhibition\u2019s objective to promote and continuously develop innovative technologies on a sustainable basis, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ledonlighting.com\/com\/en\/default.htm\">Ledon<\/a> created a media fa\u00e7ade spanning more than 1,500 square metres. In collaboration with the exhibition stand designers and builders N\u00fcssli and architects from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.atelier-brueckner.de\/\">Atelier Br\u00fcckner<\/a>, a concept was devised which incorporates more than 220,000 LEDs and is intended to visualise the theme of the Expo and bring it to life.<\/p>\n\n<p>As each pixel can be individually addressed, a wide variety of light shows and videos with seamless transitions can be realised. In addition, arrays of semi-transparent plastic squares flexibly arranged on the fa\u00e7ade flutter in the wind, reminiscent of moving water. While by day African landscapes are created across the fa\u00e7ade, by night climatic events such as thunderstorm clouds and impressions of African people and animals are shown on the video wall.<\/p>\n\n<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mediaarchitecture.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2008\/10\/expo2008_led_fassade_zebras-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"expo2008_led_fassade_zebras-2\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1931\" \/>\n\n<p>via: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ledonlighting.com\/com\/en\/projects_f.htm\">ledonlighting.com<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.atelier-brueckner.de\/\">atelier-brueckner<\/a><\/p>\n\n<p>This project has been shown at the Media Facades Exhbition Berlin 2008 and was published in the Exhibition Companion\n(<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mediaarchitecture.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2008\/11\/media_facades_exhibition_companion.pdf\">download the Catalogue Pdf &#8211; 7 Mb<\/a>).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#8220;Water and sustainability\u201d is the motto of this year&#8217;s international world exhibition held from 14 June to 14 September in Zaragoza, Northern Spain. 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