Architects: JM Architecture - Jacopo Mascheroni
Location: Dolomite Mountains, Italy
Construction year: 2005-2006
Collaborator: Pietro Borzini
Contractor: Hobag A.G., Campo Tures (BZ)
Structure Engineering: Planungsbüro Dr.Ing. Aichner, Brunico (BZ)
Mechanical Engineering: Thermostudio Bruneck, Brunico (BZ)
Construction Site Supervisors: Oskar Gartner (Hobag A.G.), Rudi Viehweider (Metris GmbH)
Landscape: Nippon Bonsai, Carate Brianza (MI)
Curtain Wall: Coges, Padova
Photographs: Hermann Gasser, Jacopo Mascheroni

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The 2008 Olympic Games aren´t just a gathering of athletes, it´s also a showcase of the most innovative buildings and technologies like GreenPIX, the Zero Energy Media Wall by Simone Giostra & Partners and ARUP, pictured above.

This curtain wall covers the front of the Xicui entertainment complex in Beijing, near the site of the 2008 Olympic Games. It features the worlds largest color LED display, powered by a photovoltaic system integrated into the glass curtain wall.

This Media Wall will showcase a selection of specially commissioned video installations and live performances by artists from China, Europe and the US, starting in May. Pictures, construction progress, diagrams and videos after the break.

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