UK Pavilion, Dubai World Expo 2020

UK Pavilion is a competition-winning structure designed by Es Devlin for the Dubai World Expo. Atelier One were delighted to have engineered the installation manufactured from CLT cassettes with integrated LED displays, bringing Es Devlin’s cone design to life. Visitors will submit text to the Pavilion and poems will be automatically generated and displayed both internally and externally.

The pavilion provided an opportunity to push the boundaries of C.L.T, and timber as a whole. It marks the use of C.L.T in both a non-conventional configuration and environment, paving the way for a broadening of sustainable design.

Key to C.L.T selection is its strength in two directions; a result of each lamination being at 90 degrees to each other, and its high strength-to-weight ratio. In addition, the use of C.L.T permitted a high degree of flexibility and precision in defining the more free-form internal space by C.N.C machining.

Design Team: Avantgarde Marketing Ltd, Es Devlin Studio Ltd, Atelier One Limited, Atelier Ten Ltd, Veretec Ltd

Award: Shortlisted for Process & Profession, IStructE 2022

Client: UK Department of International Trade, Completed: 2021