The Blur Building is both a critical reflection on this phenomenon and a strong illustration of it. It is a building about becoming a building, about imminence and immanence, an architecture of coming attractions that never arrive. Approached by pier from the shoreline, the Blur hovers over Lake Neuchatel, manufactured from its water. It consists of a cloud of mist formed by 12,500 spray nozzles mounted on an immense tensegrity structure of steel cables and rods. Four columns planted in the lake bed support the structure.
Computers modify the spray's strength according to wind conditions.
At night the blur becomes a screen for projected images. If you meet your match in the fog, the coats will blush pink or red. They turn bilious green. The point of this show is that architecture the individual building has an important role to play in the planning of larger urban projects. There are other ways to bring people into relationship to the natural environment.