The Building That Sings

Kunsthofpassage, located in the Dresdens Äußere Neustadt (Outer New Town) neighbourhood has a series of courtyards designed by local artists working on a theme. And in one of the courtyards there’s this colourful building with a series of metallic funnels attached to the facade.

When it rains, water is channeled down the front of the building in a way that creates melodic notes as it goes. It sounds almost like this cool piece of architecture is singing! They took their inspiration from a Rube Goldberg machine, a contraption designed to perform a simple task in an comically over-engineered fashion.

One Response to “The Building That Sings”

  1. nancy July 16, 2012 at 9:41 am #

    Beautiful to look at and well worth a visit in the rain!

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