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Broken floor tiles were left just as they shattered. It stands to reason that many of these cracks and crumbles were accompanied by an unexpected slip and subsequent splash into the surrounding water. In a tragically poetic accident, the porous blanket of mildew on the glass ceilings acts as a delicate filigree, creating subtly filtered light effects on the white marble floor below. savvy in practice designers Yes, the irony is thick and inescapable: an aquatics center that has been besieged by unwanted water. Nearly every surface in the once-celebrated interstitial space has been tattooed by water stains. Many of the ETFE (ethylene tetrafluoroethylene) bubbles lay flaccid in their frames. Once the elegant illusion of "surface" is gone, the awkward patchwork of tube steel behind the bubble emerges. 111

Broken floor tiles were left just as <strong>the</strong>y shattered. It stands to reason that<br />

many of <strong>the</strong>se cracks and crumbles were accompanied by an unexpected<br />

slip and subsequent splash into <strong>the</strong> surrounding water.<br />

In a tragically poetic accident, <strong>the</strong> porous blanket of mildew on <strong>the</strong> glass<br />

ceilings acts as a delicate filigree, creating subtly filtered light effects on <strong>the</strong><br />

white marble floor below.<br />

savvy in practice designers<br />

Yes, <strong>the</strong> irony is thick and inescapable: an aquatics center that has been<br />

besieged by unwanted water. Nearly every surface in <strong>the</strong> once-celebrated<br />

interstitial space has been tattooed by water st<strong>ai</strong>ns.<br />

Many of <strong>the</strong> ETFE (ethylene tetrafluoroethylene) bubbles lay flaccid in<br />

<strong>the</strong>ir frames. Once <strong>the</strong> elegant illusion of "surface" is gone, <strong>the</strong> awkward<br />

patchwork of tube steel behind <strong>the</strong> bubble emerges.<br />

111

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