The curtain wall on the Waterloo Regional Museum. The coloured panels are designed to be reminiscent of a quilt, in a nod to the area’s history. At the same time, the pattern of colours is not random - it contains a computer encoded message. The 16 colours of the glass façade are translated into a hexadecimal code used in mathematics and computer programming.
When decoded, the mesage revealed is a quote from a speech made by Prime Minister Wilfrid Laurier in 1905: "We do not want, that any individuals should forget the land of their origin or their ancestors. Let them look to the past, but let them also look to the future; let them look to the land of their ancestors, but let them look also to the land of their children."
It's such an important message- I hope it's printed somewhere where people can read it, because who would know how to decode such a sophisticated code? Who would even know it's there just by glancing at the design? I didn't really think "quilt" when I first looked at it, but I really liked the colors and how the word "museum" was somewhat hidden in them at first glance. Good shot!
How clever and attractive
Loved the information.