Large, translucent enclosures blur the boundaries between inside and out. These canopies regulate climate, pollution, and sound, while freeing spaces from traditional architectural limitations like walls, windows and roofs.
Google has unveiled new plans for expansion of its corporate headquarters, and the drawings show a whimsical network of translucent, greenhouse-like domes which will include new offices and tree-lined public trails. Some of the structures will be movable, like furniture.
"Instead of constructing immovable concrete buildings, we'll create lightweight blocklike structures which can be moved around easily as we invest in new product areas,"said David Radcliffe, Google's vice president of real estate.
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