{"id":1639,"date":"2016-08-30T18:36:15","date_gmt":"2016-08-30T18:36:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/landartgenerator.org\/newsevents\/?p=1639"},"modified":"2016-08-30T18:36:15","modified_gmt":"2016-08-30T18:36:15","slug":"designboom-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/landartgenerator.org\/newsevents\/?p=1639","title":{"rendered":"designboom"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>designboom<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.designboom.com\/art\/clear-orb-energy-drinkable-water-2016-land-art-generator-initiative-08-28-2016\/\" target=\"_blank\">clear orb sculpture provides energy and drinkable water for the city of santa monica<\/a><br \/>\nAugust 29, 2016<br \/>\nBy Nina Azzarello<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;For the 2016 land art generator initiative, a team of designers from south korea has conceived \u2018clear orb\u2019 as a proposal for sustainable infrastructure in santa monica, california. the 40-meter diameter glass sphere produces fresh water from the sea, and provides energy to the city\u2019s electrical grid.<\/p>\n<p>laesik lim, ahyoung lee, jaeyeol kim, and taegu lim have designed \u2018clear orb\u2019 to appear as if it is floating on the surface of the ocean. while a translucent glass upper half refracts impressions of the surrounding landscape, the lower hemisphere\u2019s reflective, mirror-like surface glitters in the sunlight. the installation is accessible from the santa monica pier, where a pathway subtly slopes below the surface of the water. the exterior walls of this \u2018contemplation walk\u2019 act as a wave power generator installed along the existing breakwater. the path\u2019s interior walls are lined with a list of extinct animals, offering an opportunity to contemplate how humans might better co-exist with nature.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.designboom.com\/art\/clear-orb-energy-drinkable-water-2016-land-art-generator-initiative-08-28-2016\/\" target=\"_blank\">Read More ><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>designboom clear orb sculpture provides energy and drinkable water for the city of santa monica August 29, 2016 By Nina Azzarello &#8220;For the 2016 land art generator initiative, a team of designers from south korea has conceived \u2018clear orb\u2019 as a proposal for sustainable infrastructure in santa monica, california. the 40-meter diameter glass sphere produces [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[75,77],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1639","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-75","category-press-and-articles-2016"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/landartgenerator.org\/newsevents\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1639"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/landartgenerator.org\/newsevents\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/landartgenerator.org\/newsevents\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/landartgenerator.org\/newsevents\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/landartgenerator.org\/newsevents\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1639"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/landartgenerator.org\/newsevents\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1639\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1641,"href":"https:\/\/landartgenerator.org\/newsevents\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1639\/revisions\/1641"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/landartgenerator.org\/newsevents\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1639"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/landartgenerator.org\/newsevents\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1639"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/landartgenerator.org\/newsevents\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1639"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}