check out this amazing "water cube" built for the olympics in Beijing.
While China touts an eco-focused olympics plan, many people have laughed and called it all green washing, and I don't know much about the plan as a whole. But this building is really impressive! I'm not sure if its gorgeous (suposedly its the yin to the neighboring stadium's yang), but it is made of 100,000 square meters of Teflon-like translucent plastic that is only .008 of an inch, holds up to 300 times it weight, allows in more solar heat than glass which results in a 30 percent reduction in heating cost for the giant pools, as well as costing 70% less to install than glass (and it can be recycled). Plus, there is a rainwater collection system that gathers 10,000 cubic meters of rain, while a recycling system reuses 80% of the building's water. Wow. neat-o.
And instead of building fancy stuff that will be useless after the athletics-orgy that is the olympics, they designed the "cube" to have space to convert it into a recreation center with waterslides and tennis courts.
in other news I am still overdue, and will be induced on February 7th if this baby remains just too dang comfortable to get moving.
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