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Urban Salon designed a temporary pod structure as part of the RIBA and BBC-21CC’s Tides and Times exhibition.

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This project involved 19 primary school groups working with cultural institutions based along the River Thames. Architects were commissioned to develop temporary pods to host multi-media exhibits. Urban Salon was one of the four architects to win a competition to design a pod based at the Southbank Centre.

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Urban Salon encouraged pupils to come up with designs for the pod by putting on workshops aimed at thinking about the architecture and the goings-on, in and around the Southbank Centre. A key inspiration for the pod was the elegant and economic temporary structures of the Festival of Britain.

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The temporary pavilion is comprised of natural curved laminated birch ply and is 36m2 and was constructed for a budget of GBP 9,000.00. The timber structure was manufactured and installed by Cowley Timberworks, has been developed as a hybrid of two existing timber technologies: a timber grid-shell and a curved timber frame. This hybrid technique allows simple standardization of lightweight components and an easy on site installation.

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RIBA London and BBC 21CC’s Tides and Times project runs until 13th September 2009.

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Team:
Architects – Urban Salon Ltd
Structural Engineer – Fluid Structures
Contractor – Cowley Timberworks

© Urban Salon Architects . Pubblicata il 10 Settembre 2009.