Posts tagged ‘Tower of Life’
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Pestival wins two prestigious awards
Fantastic news: Pestival has won not 1 but 2 awards! We are the privileged winners of the Wellcome Trust’s Peoples award for our ‘Bee Social’ project to be launched in May this year – watch this space… We are indebted to Wellcome Trust for their support with the Pestival 2009. www.wellcome.ac.ukMeanwhile, our Termite inspired ‘Tower of Life’ Project won the Special Award from The Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851. We would like to thank the commissioners for believing in this ambitious and unique project. www.royalcommission1851.org.uk
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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. -
Day Trip
This photo is of the day Alistair and I went to meet Rupert Soar in Loughborough for the first time. We realised that we were working towards the same objectives but on parallel lines and therefore it would be perfect to collaborate.
In the photo, you will see it is the end of a long day – Rupert has been explaining to us (with lots of different slide shows and tools and methods, and for eight hours!) about rapid manufacturing, engineering and termites. Here we’re just having some down time with his family before we set off home on the train. A great partnership between TERMES and Pestival had begun. This is the start of our main collaborative piece – The Tower of Life, which is to be the focal point of the Pestival to be housed on the Southbank.
