Posts tagged ‘Termite Pavilion’
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Panoramic View of Termite Pavilion
Peter Watts of Panoramic Earth recently stopped by London Zoo (home to Pestival HQ) to take these incredible 360° panoramic photos of the Termite Pavilion, from the inside and outside.
Thanks so much to Peter Watts and Panoramic Earth, for this fantastic virtual tour. For the real life experience, come visit the Termite Pavilion in person at London Zoo!
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Pestival in Above Magazine
Bridget Nicholls writes about Pestival in the upcoming Spring 2010 issue of Above Magazine. You can see a preview of the magazine here.
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Going to the Zoo
The Termite Pavilion arrives at London Zoo in time for half term. The birds of prey have been circling it and the fruit bats seem to love it… Now let’s just wait and see if the spider monkeys or lemurs call it home!
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Video: The Termite Pavilion by Night
Here’s some more time-lapse footage of the marvelous Termite Pavilion, revealing quite how dramatic it looked when lit up in the evening.
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Video: The Termite Pavilion being built
Watch the centre-piece of this year’s Pestival – the Termite Pavilion – being put together layer by layer in this time lapse film.
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The Termite Pavilion
Exciting news: the centre-piece of Pestival 2009 is due to arrive on site this Monday! The Termite Pavilion is a six square metre walk-in structure inspired by the inside of a Namibian termite mound, and will allow Pestival goers a unique insight into these extraordinary organic forms.
The piece is in part based on the pioneering work of Dr Rupert Soar and the TERMES project, a team of international experts based in Namibia who have created the first ever 3D scans of termite mounds. Their findings have been a embraced by entomologists and architects alike, and have featured in Sir David Attenborough’s ‘Life in the Undergrowth’ series.
For the Termite Pavilion, a team of architects and engineers selected a central section a termite mound scan and scaled it up to a size which would allow humans to move through it. The structure will arrive in kit form, to be put together on site. It is made of cross laminated timber, sourced from Austrain spruce, for reasons of sutainability, durability and cost.
The Termite Pavilion is an art and science collaboration between Softroom Architects, Freeform Engineering, Atelier One, Chris Watson, Haberdasherylondon, KLH and Pestival.
More information on visiting the Termite Pavilion is available here
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The Termite Pavilion takes shape!
Pestival has its first round table discussion about the making of the Termite Pavilion, the ambitious centrepiece of the festival. Pictured here are Chris Watson, Chris Bagot and Mike from Softroom, Patrick Bellew and Steph Fudge.
Chris Bagot and Daniel Bosia (from consultant engineer firm Ove Arups) chat about the termite project at the first meeting.
The Pestival team and architect behind the Termite Pavilion Chris Bagot presented their model to Southbank Centre’s artistic director Jude Kelly, who thought it was ‘really great and a brilliant message’. Below: Jude Kelly admires the model of the Termite Pavilion.
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‘Tower of Life’ project is underway
A working lunch as engineer Dr. Rupert Soar shows Nicky Kirk and Chris Bagot (Softroom Architects) the internal workings of a termite mound. Good to see the ‘Tower of Life’ project is well underway. The unveiling of this insect-inspired architectural piece will take place at Pestival 2009 at the Southbank Centre. -
Resonance FM explores the world of termites
Resonance104.4fm’s impulsive Seth Pimlott flew to Namibia last month to help Dr Rupert Soar research the architecture of termite mounds. Rupert’s team made a cast of a mound, the upper section of which Seth was tasked with cleaning: painstaking and dirty work – but someone has to do it and who better than an 18 year old?Now back in London, Seth is editing the audio he gathered for a special radio programme about his time with the termites which will be broadcast on Resonance in late April.
