Kreod pavilion London | KREOD Architecture

London / United Kingdom / 2012

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KREOD forms the centrepiece of the busy public space of Peninsula Square, between the Emirates Air Line and the O2 Arena - the official venue for the London 2012 Olympic Gymnastics, Basketball Finals and Wheelchair Basketball. KREOD is an innovative architectural sculpture, organic in form, environmentally-friendly and inspired by nature. Resembling three seeds, these three 20 square meters pavilions combine through a series of interlocking hexagons to create an enclosed structure that is not only magnificently intricate but also dynamic and portable. KREOD functions beautifully both as an architectural landmark and an imaginative exhibition space - its three pods can be combined in a variety of configurations or installed as free-standing forms. Using state-of- the-art parametric design tools and digital fabrication, KREOD brings together some of the most talented designers, engineers and innovative materials to challenge current thinking and showcase sustainable and forward-thinking building methods. KREOD pavilion was delivered using a new working method towards architectural concept, design, development and construction that Li has developed in the last 4 years. He used high-ended technology such as bespoke parametric design tools (involves programming and scripting) and a robotic arm to fabricate nearly 3000 complex and unique components, this way allowing to deliver the highly complex and innovative project more efficiently and economically. KREOD brings together some of the most talented designers, engineers and innovative materials to challenge the current thinking and showcase sustainable and forward-thinking building methods. The components are flat-pack, reducing storage and handling cost (easy to transport with much lower fuel consumption). It’s easy to manage and construct, like IKEA furniture - the construction team were students had no construction experience and a third of the team was consisting of females. The design method and the technology we have used allowed us to see how much of materials we were going to use and how much of waste we were going to incur. We added the longest dimension on each component’s file name i.e component 777, the name of the file will be M0777-329, M means member, 0777 is the component number and 329 means the longest length of the component is 329mm. The fabricator added 40mm extra (20mm on each end) for fabrication. This way we minimised waste and fabrication was cost effective and environmentally-friendly. All wasted timber, error and cracked components were used as renewable energy source - burned in the CHP (Combined Heat and Power) machine to generate heat, hot water and electricity.
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    KREOD forms the centrepiece of the busy public space of Peninsula Square, between the Emirates Air Line and the O2 Arena - the official venue for the London 2012 Olympic Gymnastics, Basketball Finals and Wheelchair Basketball. KREOD is an innovative architectural sculpture, organic in form, environmentally-friendly and inspired by nature. Resembling three seeds, these three 20 square meters pavilions combine through a series of interlocking hexagons to create an enclosed structure that is not...

    Project details
    • Year 2012
    • Work finished in 2012
    • Status Temporary works
    • Type Pavilions
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