Tag: lake-iseo | ArchDaily ArchDaily | Broadcasting Architecture Worldwide https://www.archdaily.com/ Fri, 10 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://assets.adsttc.com/doodles/archdaily-logo-feedly.svg 026CB6 <![CDATA[Video: Christo Explains the Vision Behind "The Floating Piers"]]> https://www.archdaily.com/790405/video-christo-explains-the-vision-behind-the-floating-piers Tue, 28 Jun 2016 14:00:00 +0000 Patrick Lynch https://www.archdaily.com/790405/video-christo-explains-the-vision-behind-the-floating-piers

“They are projects that cannot be bought, cannot be owned, cannot be possess, to be kept; they are projects in total freedom. Nobody can own this, because if you own something, it’s not free.” -Christo

]]> <![CDATA[The Floating Piers Opens on Lake Iseo Allowing Visitors to "Walk on Water"]]> https://www.archdaily.com/789793/the-floating-piers-opens-on-lake-iseo-italy-christo Sun, 19 Jun 2016 08:15:00 +0000 James Taylor-Foster https://www.archdaily.com/789793/the-floating-piers-opens-on-lake-iseo-italy-christo Beginning this week, and lasting for only sixteen days, visitors to the Italian Lake Iseo can "walk on water." The Floating Piers is the work of Christo and Jeanne-Claude, based on an idea first conceived in 1970. Built using 100,000 square meters of shimmering yellow fabric, carried by a modular floating dock system of 220,000 high-density polyethylene cubes, the installation—which sits just above water level—undulates with the movement of the lake.

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