MultiPly
Amazing landmark project for LDF
Location
London
Status
Construction
2018-19
Client
AHEC
RIBA workstages
Concept to Completion
Awards
Wood Awards 2019, Small Projects
Structural Timber Awards 2019, Pioneer of the Year
MultiPly is a maze-like series of interconnected spaces that overlap and intertwine designed to encourage visitors to re-think the way we build our homes and cities. The 9-metre high American tulipwood installation leads visitors through a series of stairs, corridors and open spaces inviting them to explore the potential of wood in architecture.
The project confronts two of the current age’s biggest challenges – the pressing need for housing and the urgency to fight climate change, and presents the fusion of modular systems and sustainable construction materials as a solution.
The three-dimensional structure is built using a flexible system, comprised of 17 modules of American tulipwood cross-laminated timber (CLT) with digitally fabricated joints.
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Like a piece of flat-packed furniture, MultiPly arrives as a kit of parts and is simply and quietly assembled in under a week. Because it is built out of modules, it can be taken apart and reassembled in new homes after the London Design Festival. To date it has been exhibited at Milan Design Week and Madrid Design Festival, each iteration designed to suit the specific location.
