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
À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ
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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