At some point I'll do a breakdown of why Millenium park in Chicago is a good experience, but for now--here's a picture of the "towers" in use. This particular part of the park invites people to interact with it, to surround yourself within it's "mini ecosystem". Each tower displays rotating videos showing people's facial expressions. Every five minutes or so, one of the faces "puckers up" and sprays cool water on the participants splashing their way through the fountain.
Water is recycled at the edges of the fountain, then pumped out again. You never see a single pipe or piece of plumbing. Though the center appears deep, it's only about two inches--just enough for a good splash. The fountain invites you into it's environment, offers to cool you down on a hot summer day and humanizes the interaction through oversized facial expressions which can be seen from some distance. The rest of the experience is left to your imagination...
