wind shape

While I was searching for sundial and architectures responce to nature changes, I found a structure which is respond to wind. It is done by nARCHITECT.

Windshape was conceived as an inhabitable outdoor environment, consisting of two eight metre high pavilions that dynamically changed with the Provençale wind. A structural vine-like network of white plastic pipes, joined together and stretched apart by aluminum collars, emerged from the limestone walls and terraces of Lacoste’s hillside. Fifty kilometers of white polypropylene string, threaded through the structural lattice, were woven to create swaying enclosures. The string was woven into dense regions and surfaces and pinched to define doorways, windows and spaces for seating.
By varying the degree of tension in the string, Windshape responded to the wind in several ways, from rhythmic oscillations to fast ripples across its surfaces. During heavy winds, Windshape moved dramatically, and made a hissing sound akin to dozens of jump-ropes. The pavilions took on a multitude of temporary forms over the course of the summer, as they billowed in and out with the wind, and momentarily came to rest. In this way, the local winds and the Mistral gave shape to constantly mutating structures. The pavilions were illuminated at night against the backdrop of the Marquis de Sade’s castle, and visible as a glowing building from as far as the neighboring village of Bonnieux, 5km away.
Windshape was a laboratory that allowed us to test the idea of a building that can respond to natural stimuli. Rather than sheltering us from the elements alone, buildings of the future could connect inhabitants to the wind, reminding them of its strength and beauty.