What was the purpose of the Seed Cathedral?
The Seed Cathedral is a platform to show the work of the Royal Botanical Gardens at Kew and their Millennium Seedbank. In the circulation zone under the landscape that surrounds the Seed Cathedral a series of installations explore in more detail the particularity of nature and UK cities.
What happened to the Seed Cathedral?
The cathedral has now been dismantled, with some rods donated to schools, some donated to the World Expo Museum and some being auctioned for charity.
How was the Seed Cathedral made?
The Seed Cathedral is made from a steel and timber composite structure pierced by 60,000 fibre optic filaments, 20mm square in section, which pass through aluminium sleeves.
When was the Seed Cathedral built?
2010
Thomas Heatherwick’s Seed Cathedral, 2010 Out of the 200 building exhibits on display, Heatherwick must have instinctively known that he had created a masterpiece.
How tall was Thomas Heatherwick’s Pavilion in Shanghai?
Heatherwick Studio – Seed Cathedral, UK Pavilion for Shanghai World Expo 2010, 15 m high, 10 m tall, 7.5 m long, 60,000 identical rods of clear acrylic, 250,000 seeds cast into the glassy tips What have seeds got to do with art?
How tall was the Seed Cathedral in Shanghai?
Thomas Heatherwick in front of his Seed Cathedral, UK Pavilion for Shanghai World Expo 2010, 15 m high, 10 m tall, 7.5 m long, 60,000 identical rods of clear acrylic, 250,000 seeds cast into the glassy tips Built at the cost of £25 million, this work was so well-designed that it has once won the best pavilion design award from BIE gold.
Why did Thomas Heatherwick create the Seed Cathedral?
The Seed Cathedral was designed to explore the relationship between big cities and the environment. While it was Heatherwick’s idea to create this work, the inspiration came from the Kew Gardens’ Millennium Seed Bank Partnership’ 1 whose mission and goal are to collect seeds of 25% of all the world’s plant types by 2020.
When did Heatherwick Studio design the UK Pavilion?
When we featured the first renders of the UK Pavilion back on August, 2009, many readers doubt that Heatherwick Studio’s design could be done (or at least look like the renders). The Shanghai World Expo 2010 has started and the UK Pavilion has become a favorite to many of you. Now you can see the complete projects.