Chelsea Flower Show 2011, The Laurent Perrier Garden
In collaboration with landscape designer Luciano Giubbilei, we designed a tea pavilion themed on wind for the 2011 Chelsea Flower Show organized by the Royal Horticultural Society, where it was awarded a Gold Medal. The exterior walls are clad in delicate, semi-transparent screens called Sumushiko, crafted by bamboo artisans in Kanazawa. Each screen is mounted on upper and lower hinges so that it can rotate and is formed with an S-shaped cross section. This allowed the façade to respond even to the slightest changes in the wind, creating a subtle rippling effect across the surface. Through repeated wind tunnel experiments conducted with Professor Ryozo Ooka of the University of Tokyo, a leading authority on wind, we were able to realize this “wind-responsive façade.”
Location: Royal Hospital Chelsea, London SW3 4SR UK
