Saturday June 26, 2010
Dazzling Solar Powered OR2 Tree Structure Pops Up in London
Ariel Schwartz
Inhabitat
Don’t be startled if you see a luminous pink tree sitting in London’s Belgrave Square this weekend — it’s just OR2, a combination shading device and solar-powered chandelier designed by London-based Orproject.
The structure’s purpose is twofold: it acts as a source of shade during the day, and it turns into a dazzling chandelier at night, dispersing light collected by photovoltaic cells hours before.
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