ART
ARCHITECTURE
& HISTORY
in the Public Realm
Blur Building

Architect
Diller Scofidio + Renfro
Dates
  • Constructed, 2002
  • Removed, 2002
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Description
The Blur Building is an architecture of atmosphere—a fog mass resulting from natural and manmade forces. Water is pumped from Lake Neuchatel, filtered, and shot as a fine mist through 35,000 high-pressure nozzles. A smart weather system reads the shifting climatic conditions of temperature, humidity, wind speed and direction and regulates water pressure at a variety of zones. Upon entering Blur, visual and acoustic references are erased. There is only an optical “white-out” and the “whit...
Diller Scofidio + Renfro
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Location
1400 Yverdon des bains
Yverdon Les Bains, 1400
Switzerland

Was located in the lake Neuchatel in Switzerland
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