Wendy by HWKN

PHOTOS: HWKN Debuts Spiky Blue Wendy Pavilion Abroad in Abu Dhabi

01/15/2013

Wendy by HWKN

Design duo <a href="http://inhabitat.com/nyc/sneak-peek-see-hwkns-giant-blue-smog-eating-wendy-sculpture-before-it-opens-at-moma-ps1-next-week/">Matthias Hollwich and Marc Kushner</a> are no strangers to Inhabitat readers, and they just made their first major splash in Abu Dhabi with Wendy Abroad. That funky spiky blue pavilion that drenched New Yorkers and scrubbed pollutants from the air during the 2012 summer heat so impressed the <a href="http://www.sshf.ae">Sheikha Salama Bint Hamdan Al Nahyan Foundation</a> that they invited <a href="http://hwkn.com">HWKN</a> to bring her to the capital of the United Arab Emirates as part of the state's mission to enhance environmental awareness among its residents. Hollwich and Kushner gave us and other journalists sponsored by <a href="http://inhabitat.com/photos-hundreds-attend-masdar-citys-first-eco-street-fair/">Masdar</a> a personal tour of the installation, and this is what we saw.

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Wendy by HWKN

Wendy makes her big debut in Abu Dhabi and Inhabitat was invited for a personal tour with a Masdar-sponsored team of journalists

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Wendy by HWKN

Designed by New York based Matthias Hollwich and Marc Kushner, Wendy cools and purifies the air

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Wendy by HWKN

The PVC fabric stretched over scaffolding frames views of the waterfront cityscape

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Information boards help to inform the public

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A group of local women in abayas spent several minutes observing the pavilion, which really is like nothing any of us have ever seen before

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Wendy by HWKN

Masdar sponsored a solar array, making Wendy Abroad completely self-sufficient

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The PVC shell is coated with a nano particle spray that interacts with the sun to purify the air

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Steep steps lead to the base of the installation

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Fans, lights and misters give the interior something of an industrial disco aesthetic

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Both enigmatic and iconic, Wendy first wowed New Yorkers last summer after it won the MoMA PS1 Young Architects Program

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Wendyy Abroad is sponsored by the Sheikha Salama Bint Hamdan Al Nahyan Foundation

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Wendy by HWKN Marc Kushner

Marc Kushner is one of the designers

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Wendy by HWKN Matthias Hollwich

Hollwich poses too!

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Wendy by HWKN

Design duo Matthias Hollwich and Marc Kushner are no strangers to Inhabitat readers, and they just made their first major splash in Abu Dhabi with Wendy Abroad. That funky spiky blue pavilion that drenched New Yorkers and scrubbed pollutants from the air during the 2012 summer heat so impressed the Sheikha Salama Bint Hamdan Al Nahyan Foundation that they invited HWKN to bring her to the capital of the United Arab Emirates as part of the state's mission to enhance environmental awareness among its residents. Hollwich and Kushner gave us and other journalists sponsored by Masdar a personal tour of the installation, and this is what we saw.

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