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From the Ted Talk by Carlo Ratti: Architecture that senses and responds

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Well, we presented this to Mayor Belloch. He liked it very much. And we got a commission to ______ a building at the entrance of the expo. We called it _______ Water Pavilion. The whole building is made of water. There's no _____ or _______, but when you approach it, it will open up to let you in. (Music) The roof also is covered with water. And if there's a bit of wind, if you want to minimize splashing, you can actually lower the roof. Or you could close the building, and the whole architecture will disappear, like in this case. You know, these days, you always get images during the winter, when they take the roof down, of ______ who have been there and said, "They __________ the building." No, they didn't demolish it, just when it goes down, the architecture almost disappears. Here's the building working. You see the ______ puzzled about what was going on inside. And here was myself trying not to get wet, _______ the sensors that open the water.

Solution

  1. people
  2. person
  3. design
  4. demolished
  5. digital
  6. testing
  7. windows
  8. doors

Original Text

Well, we presented this to Mayor Belloch. He liked it very much. And we got a commission to design a building at the entrance of the expo. We called it Digital Water Pavilion. The whole building is made of water. There's no doors or windows, but when you approach it, it will open up to let you in. (Music) The roof also is covered with water. And if there's a bit of wind, if you want to minimize splashing, you can actually lower the roof. Or you could close the building, and the whole architecture will disappear, like in this case. You know, these days, you always get images during the winter, when they take the roof down, of people who have been there and said, "They demolished the building." No, they didn't demolish it, just when it goes down, the architecture almost disappears. Here's the building working. You see the person puzzled about what was going on inside. And here was myself trying not to get wet, testing the sensors that open the water.

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