Fog Cinema
proposes a façade for Pushkinsky Cinema that will be veiled by a mystical fogwall,
contained by a geometrical glass panels that dynamically change its face
throughout day and night. A sensation
that is never provided in any cinema house will further stimulate the
imagination of Muscovites and visitors of Pushkinskaya Square. The new façade implements a double-skin glass
wall with two types of hexagrid glass system: operable flat glass and concave
glass made of DuPont™ SentryGlas® and Butacite®. The solid side façade will be restored and
coated with DuPont™ Tyvek® and PercoTop® and implemented with second layer of
hexagrid glass. The new facade will
feature the ever-changing visual transformations of the fog system and the
natural/artificial lighting conditions.
The fog will be created within the double-skin facade with the help of
spray nozzles installed throughout the fogwall.
Water sources are collected via off-site and from rain and snow on
rooftop. This water will be brought to
underground water collection tank, where it will be purified and fed through
the spray nozzles to create fog. The
high pressure water fed throughout the fog system will transform a clear facade
into a mystical sensation that temporary conceals Pushkinsky Cinema. Sprayed out water will be collected at the
base of the fogwall, and will be fed back to the water purifying tank. The operable concave glass panels serve as
rain and snow collectors, and after collecting certain amount of water they
diagonally slide and rotate to feed the collected water within the skin to the
base gutter. Some portion of the water,
together with waste water from the building will be used for plant irrigation
of Pushkinskaya Square. The operable
flat panels will allow fresh air inside the double skin facade to dry the glass
after the fog performance is over.