UK Pavilion - Shanghai 2010 Expo [ HD ]

Heatherwick Studio / CassonMann / Adams Kara Taylor / Atelier Ten
Themed "Building on the Past, Shaping our future", the 6000-square-meter UK pavilion is also known as the "Seed Cathedral" and the area around it is designed like a wrapping paper, making it seem as if the wrappers have fallen open to reveal a sparkling jewel of life. Visitors can relax around the open space or enter the "Seed Cathedral" to admire the seeds in the spines, marveling how such tiny seeds can produce wonders of nature and life. The UK pavilion hopes to raise awareness for the Millennium Seed Bank Project, an international conservation project launched by the Royal Botanic Gardens in 2000.

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Film & Animation

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• UK
• Pavilion
• Shanghai
• 2010
• Expo
• united
• kingdom
• Heatherwick
• Studio
• Casson
• Mann
• Adams
• Kara
• Taylor
• Atelier
• Ten
• lali
• puna
• safe
• tomorrow

[CrunchyGloop]

Thanks TED :D

[rahoulzerohl]

Song is Safe Tomorrow by Lali Puna

[BruceLeDouche]

This is the most beautiful and meaningful thing ever created by human beings

[TheBlitzish]

This is the kind of shit aliens will find after human extinction and wonder "What the fuck?"

[revi4747]

VERY COOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL

[megathrowup]

cool



[mig00alf1]

well done UK... very amazing..... i am mexican and a feel very anger because after that i see Spain, UK, Netherlands Pavillions ¡¡great!!! and then i se mexican pavillion jajajajajaj im very sad , mexican pavillion is a joke sorry but is the truth....

[backasswardz]

Genius. Truly innovative, unique looking. My suggestion to practical use of it is as headquaters of implanting hair clinic. ;)

[AcidProblemChild]

Has this been installed anywhere after the Expo of 2010? I'd love to visit.

[YoutanPoluo]

another triumph for Heatherwick studios!

[MrNorthernstar]

is this architecture. Im not sure but kind of like the ambiguity... sculpture, art installation and a building. I think its one of the strongest pavillions.

[coziherebrap]

@spoofoid Woops. Sorry for the non-existent word.... "boringest".