The concept of the water pavilion is based on the idea of
creating a communicating architectural environment. It's an
environment where the building, light, projected images, water
and sound form one complete experience. The behavior of the
environment is based on literal processes and metaphors about
water. The fluid structure of the inside of the building is a
shell for a continuously flowing and transforming world of water
realized both with real water and virtual environments. All the
sounds are electronically produced. The speakers are placed in
such a way that you experience a sounding building instead of
sound in a building. There are 60 speakers distributed over the
whole building. Each individual sound has its own character of
movement and speed over the speakers. The building exists of two
interconnected pavilions: the Freshwater Pavilion and the
Saltwater Pavilion. Each pavilion has its own sound environment.
The sound environment of the freshwater pavilion is based on
metaphors of a river, a water