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Sun 12 Jul, 2015 06:47 am
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‘Invisible’ barn melts into the forest to reflect its setting
And for my next trick I will make a whole building vanish. This invisible barn seems to melt into the forest, confusing passers-by.
Built at the University of California’s Sagehen Creek Field Station, it was designed by Seung Teak Lee and Mi Jung Lim from design firm stpmj, who wanted to create a structure with an understated shape that emphasises its surroundings. “Many architects and designers consider nature as just a background,” says Lee. “We thought it could be interesting
to flip this.”
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https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn27882-invisible-barn-melts-into-the-forest-to-reflect-its-setting
To "flip" is often used in US English to mean "toggle", "reverse" or "change [something] to the other one of [its] two possible states". Thus Americans often say that they "flip" a light switch to mean making it change from off to on or vice versa. "“Many architects and designers consider nature as just a background,” says Lee. “We thought it could be interesting to flip this. (That is, make nature the foreground instead of the background)”
@Tes yeux noirs,
A usage quite graceful to me.
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