Thursday, January 13, 2011
Two
Ontario
architecture
students
have
big
ideas
on
how
to
light
up
Arctic
communities
that
remain
dark
through
the
winter
months.
University
of
Waterloo
students
Virginia
Fernandez
and
Claire
Lubell,
both
24,
just
won
an
honourable
mention
in
an
international
architecture
competition
for
their
project
called
Buoyant
Light.
The
concept:
giant,
solar
balloons
which
would
hover
by
the
shore
and
near
major
centres
in
a
northern
village.
In
the
summer
months,
a
device
inside
the
balloons
would
collect
sunlight;
through
the
winter
months,
the
balloons
would
give
off
light.
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