Upcoming creators MOS Architects were chosen by the High Museum to design the U.S. pavilion at the Venice Biennale this year. Their solution: a suspended cluster of Mylar weather balloons filled with helium, forming a canopy that will shade the crowd while as the same time representing the outdoor environment it is shielding them from. About the project MOS writes:

“If you’ve seen the structure, we’re sure you’re wondering, ‘Why is it made out of helium balloons, why does it make a canopy, why is there seating, etc… Is it referencing other projects? Is it analogical? Is it utopian? Is it micro-? Is it urban? Is it domestic, what is it? Is this even architecture?’…It does indeed, mean something and it does reference things, but why would you really want to know all of that anyway? Do you really think it would make it better? What about just enjoying this weird artifice, this fake social space? Hey, it wiggles. Look at this strange alternate environment made of reflections and repetitions. Enjoy the visual noise. Have you ever seen NASA’s Echo project? Google it. What can we say, we just love the aesthetics of radar reflectors and inflated satellites. They are of another reality. Seriously, even if we wanted to fully explain it to you at this very moment, we couldn’t. Even though we’re trying not to be, we’re only human…Did we mention that we are working with the son of Andy Warhol’s “Silver Clouds” fabricator? We’re very excited about this. He lives in Duluth.”

Click through the slideshow for pictures of other extraterrestrial outdoor shelters MOS has built, Warhol’s Silver Clouds, and stay tuned for their full creator profile. Can’t wait? There’s plenty pictures and astronaut babble where this came from on their website.