Architect Asif Khan will use Darkest material on Earth to create a 'schism in space' for Winter Olympics


Excitement is building for the upcoming 2018 Winter Olympics and some of that excitement is for an actual building. Hosted in Pyeongchang, South Korea, the ceremonies kicking off on February 9th will include the unveiling of a colorless building, designed by the British architect, Asif Khan

To achieve this effect, Khan will be using spray-on version of Vantablack—a super black material first developed by Surrey NanoSystems. Considered the darkest man-made substance in the world, Vantablack absorbs 99.96% of light, causing the human eye to see nothing.

According to CNN, the buildings will have four curved walls, coated in Vantablack and studded with thousands of tiny lights. Envisioned as a "schism in space," the super dark treatment will cause the building, from a distance, to look like a slit of blackness. As one approaches the building, the "star field will grow to fill your entire field of view, and then you'll enter as though you're being absorbed into a cloud of blackness" de...

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