Seed Cathedral

The brilliant bristling structure you see above is not the world’s largest pincushion – it’s Thomas Heatherwick‘s recently completed UK Pavilion at the 2010 Shanghai Expo. Dubbed the “Seed Cathedral”, the six-story high structure is studded with 60,000 translucent rods that act as fiber-optic filaments that channel sunlight into the pavilion’s interior. The densely-packed forest of filaments also contains the impetus to create living forests in the future — each 7.5 meter long “branch” contains seeds from the Millenium Seed Bank that will be given to China one the expo has run its course.

I watched the presentation of Thomas Heatherwick in TED Talk.This artist creates a lot of interesting architecture which was the Seed Cathedral in 2010. The concept of this monument is biodiversity. He always thinks the combination of nature and architecture. He designed different things in his work, such as temple, cafe, bridge, and so on.Architecture is fundamental instrument in our life. Therefore, designing architects mean design human lifestyle. In my opinion, I think eco-friendly can lead the way to create and design that make not only product but also architecture more unique. Furthermore, the building that combine between eco and aesthetic can make people realize to the important of nature.