An aluminum pavilion at the V&A Museum in London
Between Forests and Skies by Nebbia Works
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The John Madejski Garden at London’s Victoria & Albert Museum has always been the setting for spectacular installations: in 2016, Achim Menges and Jan Knippers erected their Elytra Filament Pavilion. Kengo Kuma and her large-scale sculpture were featured in 2019. For London Design Week in September 2021, London architecture and design studio Nebbia Works have now enhanced the museum courtyard with a temporary structure.
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The installation is called Between Forests and Skies; it is made of recycled aluminum plates measuring 20 mm in thickness. Altogether 27 individual modules, each one 1,5 x 3 m large, form the 9 x 13.5-m covering for the large pool in the courtyard. The modules are joined with small connecting elements on the upper side of the roof.
With their installation, Nebbia Works are continuing their material experiments with aluminum. They have already designed the table series known as Tighten Table from the same metal. Just as the table legs in the series have been cut from the tabletop, the supports for the London pavilion have been cut and bent from the roof surface using a water-jetting method.
© Bertrand Verney
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The result is an artificial forest of metal supports, paper-thin yet imposing, and relatively economical in terms of resources as well. The recycled aluminum, which was sponsored by the company En+ Group, produces up to 85% fewer CO2 emissions than primary aluminum in its production.
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© Ed Reeve
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Architecture: Nebbia Works
Client: V&A, En+ Group
Location: Cromwell Rd, London SW7 2RL (GB)
Structural engineering: Format Engineers
Manufacturing and construction company: Littlehampton Welding
Curator: Meneesha Kellay
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