When Dubai-based architecture firm Studied Impact asked participants in the 2010 Land Art Generator Initiative competition to devise some sort of land art that could actually produce clean energy, Decker Yeadon came up with a massive desert installation proposal that is supposed to generate around 5,000 megawatt-hours of solar energy a year. The NY-based company impressed all with the initial renderings of the sculpture named Light Sanctuary, which will consist of 100 acres of 33-foot-tall vertical photovoltaic panels.
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The gigantic installation, which looks like a mirage, stands next to a wildlife sanctuary. A network of narrow, floating supports will rest on a single concentration point.
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Via: FastCoDesign
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