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The Sustainable Disco
Author(s) -
Croci Valentina
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
architectural design
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.128
H-Index - 22
eISSN - 1554-2769
pISSN - 0003-8504
DOI - 10.1002/ad.873
Subject(s) - dance , club , consumption (sociology) , movement (music) , energy consumption , visual arts , electricity , sociology , art history , art , engineering , architectural engineering , aesthetics , electrical engineering , medicine , anatomy
Valentina Croci describes how Dutch artist Daan Roosegaarde's Sustainable Dance Floor (SDF) provides the centrepiece for an eco‐club in Rotterdam that builds low energy consumption into the attraction. The square dance floor uses ‘mechatronic’ sensors to convert kinetic movement into electricity when people dance. Movement is not only part of the thrill, but is literally electrifying. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.