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Seed Cathedral

12/11/2014

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Images: Heatherwick Studio; REUTERS/Aly Song
The UK pavilion at Expo 2010, colloquially known as the Seed Cathedral, was a sculpture structure built by a nine member conglomeration of British business and government resources directed by designer Thomas Heatherwick. It referenced the race to save seeds from around the world in banks, and housed 250,000 plan seeds at the end of 60,000 acrylic rods, held in place by geometrically-cut holes with the rods inserted therein, each 7.5 metres long and each encasing one or more seeds at its tip. During the day, they act as optic fibres and draw daylight inwards to illuminate the interior. At night, light sources inside each rod allow the whole structure to glow. As the wind moves past, the building and its optic “hairs” gently move to create a dynamic effect.

Source: Wikipedia, Despoke.com 

El pabellón del Reino Unido en la Expo 2010, coloquialmente conocida como la Catedral de Semillas, era una escultura construida por un conjunto de nueve miembros de empresariales y recursos gubernamentales británicos dirigidos por el diseñador Thomas Heatherwick. Se hace referencia a la carrera para salvar las semillas en los bancos, y albergaba más de  250.000 semillas dentro de 60.000 barras de acrílico, alojadas dentro de varias cortadas geométricamente, cada uno de 7,5 metros de largo encerrando una o más semillas en su punta. Durante el día, actuaban como fibras ópticas y dibujaban la luz del día hacia el interior. Por la noche, fuentes de luz dentro de cada varilla permitían que toda la estructura brillara. A medida que soplana el viento, el edificio y sus "pelos" ópticos se movían suavemente para crear un efecto dinámico.

Fuente: Wikipedia, Despoke.com 
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