Galaxy Watch 6 Classic leaked images reassure the comeback of rotating bezel

Galaxy Unpacked event rumored for July this year will likely see the release of the next-generation foldable line-up and smart wearables. Even before the South Korean electronics giant breaks silence on the Galaxy Watch 6 series, the inevitable leaks and rumors will set the tone for what’s coming our way.

Going by what reliable tipsters have to say, the wearable will come in two different versions. One of them is going to be a classic variant, and the 5K renders of this premium option is what reliable leakster OnLeaks has released out in the public domain. MySmartPrice has dissected these convincing-looking images for their face value to give readers a better idea of what Samsung will offer.

Designer: Samsung

Dubbed Galaxy Watch 6 Classic, the smartwatch gets a rotating bezel just like the Galaxy Watch 4 Classic. The frame elevates between the buttons and gives the watch a distinct appeal. Although slightly thinner, the thick bezel which encapsulates a circular display measures 1.47 inches on the larger model. Tipster Ice Universe had earlier announced in a tweet about 100 percent confirmation of this screen size that’s going to be bigger than the Watch 5 Pro and have a higher resolution of 470×470 pixels.

The smartwatch is also rumored to have a 425mAh battery which is bigger than the 361mAh on the Watch 4 Classic. In fact, GalaxyClub (Dutch tech blog) confirmed that Watch 6 lineup will have larger battery capacities with the 40mm dial version getting 300mAh and the 44mm variant having 425mAh. Compare this to the 284mAh and 410mAh on the last year’s models respectively. According to them, the smartwatch will have the upgraded Exynos W980 processor for a 10 percent improvement in performance.

Some inspiration from the Galaxy Watch 5 Pro can also be seen with the flat edge on side, brushed metal finish and the magnetic loop clasp band. For those who loved the rotating bezel on one of the older versions, this could be good news. Also, we could see the end of life for the Pro model in this year’s smartwatch line-up.

Samsung seems to have kept the left edge quite flush, whereas the right edge houses the Home and Back buttons. While in the images only the black colorway of the strap is shown, we can expect it to come with more color options. If these OnLeaks renders are the real deal, then one could expect many takers for this nostalgic yet modern wearable.

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BMW Unveils Snazzy Concept Touring Coupé

You could be forgiven for thinking this BMW Design rendering is of a powerboat interior.

But no, it’s the inside of this wild child:

That’s their recently-unveiled Concept Touring Coupé, a two-seater shooting brake. For the translation into sheet metal, they puffed up the proportions but maintained the loaded-slingshot gesture of the renderings:

“The BMW Concept Touring Coupé celebrates the original Sheer Driving Pleasure,” says Domagoj Dukec, head of BMW Design. “A highly emotional vehicle like this shows that the passion for everything that goes into driving pleasure has been essential through the ages and will be for the future.”

Fun fact: All of the grille vents are removable and can be used as tuning forks! (No they can’t.)

In profile, the way the rocker panel sweeps upwards to visually jive with the beltline’s crazy ascent is right at the edge of jarring—but I bet it grows on you over time, and a design move like this is too bold for others not to copy it. I just know we’re going to see this pop up on competing vehicles.

The hard-edged, angular and very Modern Teutonic interior looks freaking amazing. There’s a generous amount of leather in there, crafted by Poltrona Frau, no less. The Italian leather workshop also created the vehicle’s matching luggage.

At press time there was no word on production plans. The Concept Touring Coupé was unveiled at this month’s ritzy Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este, held at Italy’s Lake Como, to give you an idea of whose feedback they’re looking for.

Zeus bed frame by Wooliv

Side view of Zeus bed frame by Wooliv

Dezeen Showroom: Portuguese furniture brand Wooliv has launched the Zeus bed frame, which has a deliberately simple form crafted from wood.

Zeus is designed by Wooliv to retain focus on the natural materials from which it is made while striking “a harmonious balance between comfort and design”.

 Zeus bed frame by Wooliv
Wooliv has launched the Zeus bed frame

Its sleek form is handmade from natural wood, including walnut, oak and rosewood. It is animated by its curved headboard, which has a decorative fluted finish.

According to the brand, wood was chosen for its longevity and durability.

Fluted wooden headboard by Wooliv
It has a decorative headboard

“Our Zeus bed is a masterpiece of luxury and craftsmanship, completely handmade with precision and attention to detail,” said Wooliv.

“You can choose a combination of sleek natural wood types, creating a harmonious balance between comfort and design.”

Product: Zeus bed frame
Brand: Wooliv
Contact: info@wooliv.pt

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Ten interiors with textured wall finishes by Clayworks that create visual interest

Restaurant interior with an orange ombre wall, black pendant lights, bench seating and wooden tables and chairs

Promotion: an office with plaster walls that looks like rammed earth and a hotel bar with ombre walls, which fade from fiery red to burnt orange feature in this roundup of interiors finished in custom plaster walls by British brand Clayworks.

Also featured is a shop interior with mint-green walls that have a limewash-like appearance and a home with corrugated clay feature walls.

“Clay plasters have the ability to elevate an ordinary space into an extraordinary experience,” said Clayworks. “The beauty and aesthetic opportunities of working with clay, combined with contemporary material science, serve as an endless source of inspiration for architects and designers worldwide.”

Read on for 10 interiors with textured wall finishes by Clayworks:


Yellow-hued double-height home interior with an oculus
Photo by Gilbert McCarragher

Gold Flake Demi Rustic finishes at Hundred Acre Wood House, UK

Minerals resembling gold flakes were added to Claywork’s Demi Rustic clay plaster finish to create a seamless, light-diffusing wall surface at the Hundred Acre Wood House in Loch Awe, Scotland.

Designed by architecture studio Denizen Works, the textured surface was chosen to add depth and intrigue to the interior, with a robust finish that suits the monumental design of the house.


Teahouse interior with frosted glass and rammed earth screens
Photo by Edmund Sumner

Rammed Earth and Fading Straw Arakabe Ombre finishes at The Teahouse, UK

Clayworks collaborated with architecture and design studio Sasa Works to create The Teahouse, a space designed to showcase the relationship between natural materials and handcrafted ones, which was unveiled at the 2023 Surface Design Show.

Rammed Earth and Fading Straw Arakabe Ombre finishes were used in the setting to create “an atmosphere of harmony and balance”.


Curved burnt-orange alcove in a restaurant with red bench seating and a chandelier
Photo by James McDonald

Colour Ombre Fade finish at The Red Room: Connaught Hotel, UK

The Red Room is a bar in The Connaught Hotel in Mayfair, London, designed by Bryan O’Sullivan Studio, which features walls finished in a red-to-orange clay plaster gradient.

A Clayworks technical team based in Cornwall researched and created several pigment proposals for Bryan O’Sullivan Studio before arriving at the fiery colour ombre final outcome.


Pink shop display wall by Clayworks with shelving
Photo by Christian Neuenschwander

Custom Colour and Texture Ombre Fade finishes at Oro de Cacao, Germany

For the Oro de Cacoa chocolate shop in Zurich, Switzerland, by architecture studio Moser Wegenstein, Clayworks designed a pink ombre wall finish made from natural minerals and pigments.

The fade in colour from deep to light pink was also paired with a fade in texture, from a rough plaster texture at the top of the wall to a softer, more subtle texture at the bottom.


Shop interior with Clayworks rammed earth wall and rammed earth display islands
Photo by Edmund Sumner

Rammed Earth finish at Fellow, USA

Walls and display plinths finished Claywork’s Rammed Earth surfaces feature in the Fellow coffee retail shop in Los Angeles, USA, designed by Studio Mai.

Clayworks designed a custom Rammed Earth design for the shop interior that references the geography of California and creates a unique shopping experience.


Restaurant interior with rammed earth wall and black chairs
Photo by ZAC and ZAC

Rammed Earth finish at Gaucho, UK

For the Guacho restaurant in Glasgow, Scotland, which was designed by hospitality design studio Design LSM, Clayworks created a tough-textured rammed earth surface with hues of grey, sand and red that reference the Pampas landscapes of Argentina.

The earthen feature wall aims to add a calming and comforting quality to the multi-sensory restaurant interior.


Restaurant interior with an orange ombre wall, black pendant lights, bench seating and wooden tables and chairs
Photo courtesy of Lamington Group

Colour Ombre Fade finish at Room2, UK

Room2 is a hotel in Chiswick, London, that claimed to be the world’s first whole-life, net-zero carbon hotel when it opened in 2021.

According to Clayworks, clay wall surfaces in an ombre terracotta-coloured finish were chosen for the hotel interior for their low-carbon qualities due to their raw and unprocessed state.


A room with green Clayworks walls and steps
Photo by Paul Riddle courtesy of Self-Portrait

Custom Corrugated and Mint Green Tonal finishes at Self-Portrait Kings Road, UK

Mint green clay walls with markings reminiscent of limewash and custom corrugated textures by Clayworks characterise the interior of the Self-Portrait Kings Road store, designed by Self-Portrait founder and creative director Han Chong in collaboration with New York-based architect Andreas Kostopoulos.

“By leveraging on minimalism, materiality, and colour, we wanted to create an intimate, sensory and focused experience, free from any interferences or visually distracting architectural qualities and functions that can typically overwhelm retail environments,” said Kostopoulos.


Dining room interior with a striped rug and wooden table and chairs
Photo by Diaz and Alexander

Custom Slim Corrugated Clay Plaster finish at Fulton Avenue, USA

Designed by architecture studio Diaz and Alexander Studio, the Fulton Avenue home in Los Angeles, USA, features soft, neutral tones and raw materials.

Clayworks created a custom corrugated clay plaster that was applied as a feature wall in several rooms, adding texture and irregularity to the home interior.


Claywork rammed earth wall finish in a dark room
Photo by Alex Treadway

Rammed Earth finish at CBRE Offices Glasgow, UK

Claywork’s Rammed Earth collection of finishes is made from natural clay, minerals and sand to achieve a surface that appears as though it is made from rammed earth.

The 10-millimetre-thick surface was used on the walls of this office interior in Glasgow to “bring the beauty of raw earth into an urban workspace” and improve the acoustic and thermal performance of the space.

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Longtime Bicycle Commuter Invents Shin-Friendly Bike Pedals with Foam Surrounds

Most bike pedals are textured to grip the underside of shoes. That makes it unpleasant when a pedal accidentally slams into your shins. Physicist and inventor Bill Lee, who has been commuting by bike for over 30 years, grew tired of having banged-up shins; in his thinking, there’s no reason for pedals to be “built for a downhill racing mountain biker in the mud when you’re just trying to get to work and back.” Lee thus invented these Bumper Pedals:

Rather than protrusions or serrations, Bumper Pedals rely on industrial grip tape for purchase. The pedals are rimmed with a durable foam, making them friendly to both shins and door trim.

Lee formed a company, Intrinsic Cycles, to commercialize his invention. Bumper Pedals are currently up on IndieGogo, where they’ve been successfully crowdfunded, with 27 days left to pledge at press time. $35 gets you a pair, and you can specify 9/16″ or 1/2″. They’re shipping next month.

Lives Post + Beam workspace by Okamura

Lives Post + Beam workspace by Okamura

Dezeen Showroom: Japanese office furniture brand Okamura has designed a flexible workspace named Lives Post + Beam, which includes a frame with sliding wall panels.

Users can customise the square frame with fixed or moveable panels that attach to a top rail and are available as whiteboards, sound-absorbing felt panels or wire mesh panels.

Lives Post + Beam workspace by Okamura
Lives Post + Beam provides a flexible office meeting space

Available in 20 colours, Lives Post + Beam was designed to provide a flexible office meeting space that can be closed off for gatherings or left open for a collaborative environment.

“Lives Post + Beam is the ultimate solution for businesses and organisations looking to create an environment that fosters communication, collaboration, and innovation,” said Okamura.

Lives Post + Beam workspace by Okamura
It features sliding wall partitions

“Its seamless blend of form and function will revolutionise the way people interact and work together in shared spaces,” the brand continued.

Okamura is introducing Lives Post + Beam at this year’s NeoCon interior design fair in Chicago and it will be available for sale in autumn 2023.

Product: Lives Post + Beam
Brand: Okamura
Contact: chicago@us.okamura.com

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The detailed LEGO Pac-Man Arcade Set is testament to the enduring impact of gameplay nostalgia

LEGO, renowned for its nostalgic creations, has once again struck a chord with brick fans by unveiling a remarkable new creation. This time, LEGO has taken a captivating twist by paying tribute to the iconic Pac-Man character and the arcade experience that has enthralled millions worldwide.

Brick by brick, LEGO has faithfully recreated the charm of a vintage arcade machine in its latest release. Timed perfectly for the 43rd anniversary of the game, LEGO has announced the iconic rendition ideally to capture the essence of a classic arcade machine.

Designer: LEGO

The Pac-Man Arcade set boasts meticulous attention to detail, complete with Pac-Man’s nostalgic maze, a functional joystick, and even a coin slot. The set is a non-functional gaming system but nonetheless promises to transport enthusiasts back to the golden era of gaming.

Behind this remarkable LEGO creation lies the tireless efforts of talented designers who worked passionately to capture the spirit of the beloved Pac-Man arcade machine, LEGO designer Sven Franic informs. From the Pac-Man character to the maze-like environment he navigates, every aspect has been meticulously considered and created.

Thus, the result is an unparalleled LEGO set that not only faithfully reproduces the original game’s magic but also introduces a delightful new twist. A special feature of that accord is the crank on the machine allows builders to simulate the adventure of Pac-Man in the mechanical maze. This creative addition brings an extra layer of interactivity to the set.

By recreating a 1980s arcade game cabinet, LEGO has sparked a resurgence of priceless memories for enthusiasts who grew up with Pac-Man. The attention to detail and the commitment to preserving the essence of the original game reflects vividly in its affordable $269.99 price tag. LEGO enthusiasts can get their set starting June 4.

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Top 10 minimal furniture to inspire your interior design process

At Yanko Design, we believe in constantly innovating, creating, and evolving. It’s a philosophy that serves as a lifeline for us, and one of the results of this lifeline is the YD x KeyShot Inspiration Hub! The Inspiration Hub is our ‘ever-expanding encyclopedia’ of design work for you to participate in, to inspire designers, and to get inspired by. Created in collaboration with KeyShot, the Inspiration Hub is your one-stop space for inspiration where designers like you can submit your impressive designs and be awarded to stand out in the crowd and to inspire other like-minded designers.

To kickstart your journey and send some motivation your way, we’ve curated some of our favorite minimal furniture submissions from the Inspiration Hub. These unique and minimal furniture designs will motivate you to create something spectacular and submit the design, as a gateway to sharing it with the best of the design world. Additionally, we will also be picking our favorite Design of the Week, Design of the Month, and Design of the Year – every week, month, and year from the submissions on the Inspiration Hub. Keep an eye on our Instagram page and the Inspiration Hub to see if your design gets picked. Fingers crossed!

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1. Allieva

Designed by WhynotDesign, this sleek, foldable work desk is meant to fit in any space, making it perfect for small houses and dorm rooms. Despite compromising on size, Allieva is aesthetically pleasing. It takes up as little space as possible and measures only 7 inches deep when folded. The workstation can be set up easily with a simple gesture. It comes with two detachable, multipurpose trays which offer a convenient space to hold accessories when the work desk is closed and become a practical tablet holder during a video call when you flip the desk open.

2. The Loop Chair

Designed by Annabella Hevesi, the Loop Chair is the kind of straightforward and simple furniture piece that instantly makes you fall in love with it, because of how minimally and cleanly it is designed. Built using wood, the Loop Chair has a traditional and archetypical character accentuated with tricky and progressive details that lend an air of character to it.

3. Stretch Desk

Say hello to the Stretch desk. Designed by Teixeira Design Studio, the Stretch desk features a spinning leather bookstand that swivels through a pivot point, enabling the depth of the stand to be changed according to your personal need and requirement. The bookstand can also be flattened on the tabletop, to provide more space for you while you’re working. The various wooden elements of the desk add a rather nuanced and well-crafted feel to it.

4. Tailor Armchair

Designed by SUNRIU Design, what makes the Tailor armchair super interesting, and a rather unique design is that it can be used as an armchair and a desk. If you want to use it as an armchair, you can simply rest and place your back on the raised panel or plank of plywood that is placed at the center of the chair. The raised panel is further supported by a vertical curved panel. These panels function as the back support, allowing you to comfortably sit back against the armchair. If you wish to use it as a desk, you can instead use the raised panel as a tabletop, and fit your legs into the blank spaces created by the intersection of the raised panel with the vertical curved panel.

5. The Form Single Sofa

The Form Single Sofa by SUNRIU Design is a stunning fluid sofa that is defined by a chunky bold structure marked with flowy lines. If you look closely, the sofa looks like a hunk of concrete, and the seating section is a smoothly carved dent, that looks like it will perfectly seat someone’s buttocks. The rear portion of the sofa seems like it could function as a neat hanging spot for your pet as well, allowing you and your pet to sit and chill together.

6. Sushant Vohra’s Stool

Designed by Sushant Vohra, this stool design is pretty cool! It features a concise circular platform that serves as a seating section, with a concrete and clear coated sheet metal volume inserted into it, functioning as a support for the seating area. The result is a visually and geometrically interesting stool with a burst of orange that counteracts the otherwise minimal and simple appearance of the stool.

7. The Bündner Side Table

Designed by the Portuguese architecture and design studio Joana Vilaça Studio, the Bündner Side table is a solid wood table that is artfully inspired by the Swiss Alps lifestyle. It’s a rather interesting muse for a meager table, and not a very common one either. Joana drew inspiration from her own experience of living in Switzerland, where her studio is located.

8. The Chonky Coffee Table

Designed by Frank Brunetti, the Chonky Coffee Table is the perfect name for this piece of furniture! It is chonky, chubby, and occupies a generous amount of space. Its stubby legs and multiple tabletops give the table a unique yet minimal aesthetic. The secondary tabletops on the lower section of the table, as well as the circular one on the primary tabletop, have been given different colors, creating a fun contrast.

9. The Sado Chair

Martin Luu designed the Sado chair as an experiment in unconventional design. Sado’s intriguing form reminds you of a horizontal tree log or horseback, suited for a straddled seated position that encourages a healthy posture. When positioned atop Sado, the chair’s seat rotates freely to enable 360-degree accessibility to nearby objects within arm’s reach. Adjustable leg supports also provide a place for your legs to rest while helping to sustain a leveled spinal position. Sado is an incredible ergonomic option if you’re looking for a chair that encourages and support a great posture!

10. The Savioardi Sofa

Designed by SUNRIU Design, the Savoiardi Sofa, is a big chonky sofa made up of several modular components that are held together by a sturdy belt-like strap. The various components are long and spherical in shape, while a few are more squarish. You can select how many and which components you want to put together, to create diverse seating solutions of diverse sizes. The configurable and modular feature of the Savoiardi Sofa makes it super unique and interesting.

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Interview: Sophie Elgort’s “Away We Go” Photo Exhibit at Lafayette 148

A series of large-scale coastal images tinged with whimsy and wonder

Dressing the walls of NYC-based luxury fashion brand Lafayette 148‘s SoHo flagship, images by photographer, artist and director Sophie Elgort act as portals into sun-soaked destinations abroad. Not only does this series, which comprises the exhibition Away We Go (open to the public now through 9 June), portray postcard-like coastal scenes but it also conveys the wonder of travel and the way we as travelers layer recollection. Photographed between 2019 and 2022, the idyllic scenes reference Cinque Terre and Hawaii but leave room for the imagination of the viewer.

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Elgort, who is represented by Staley-Wise Gallery, had worked with Lafayette 148 before as the photographer of their Unordinary Women campaign. They approached her with the idea of an in-store exhibit. “They said I could show anything I want,” Elgort tells COOL HUNTING. “I had this series that I’d been working on and I told them I’d love to show it. I sent them over some images to look at—and they said it made a lot of sense to exhibit them with what they were showing in May, a ‘Postcards’ print for Pre-Fall 2023.”

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Elgort toured the space with the Lafayette 148 and Staley-Wise teams, with the latter acting as curator. “Together, we decided what we were going to show and how we were going to show it,” she says. Though only large-scale prints were installed, Staley-Wise is offering each piece in an edition—and in a range of sizes.

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It’s Elgort’s process that supports the balance of fantasy and reality. “These are double exposure images,” she explains. “They’re not manipulated in post-production. They are created in camera, on film. Because of that, there’s an element of chance as to how the different elements will layer. Even though I can be conscious of what I am attempting to do, I can’t physically put it there. This creates an element of surprise and whimsy. Each frame can really only happen that way one time.” In many ways, this itself mirrors the sensations of travel.

by Sophie Elgort

All of the images were originally captured for personal documentation and experimentation—in contrast to Elgort’s work in portraiture and fashion. “For me, my fine art is always drawn from my personal work,” she says. Her artistic exploration is also tangential to some of her commissioned shoots, where she captures outtakes with a small analog camera.

“I like people in my images. I like capturing motion. The way that I shoot on set is very snapshot-like,” she says. “I have ideas and I put people in different situations but then it’s letting them move within that and I will capture what I think is cool. ”

Courtesy of BFA

Away We Go features a section of imagery printed on fabric, a first for Elgort. The photographer did this with Laumont Photographics in Long Island City. “I went in and told them I wanted to do something on fabric and asked what the options were,” she says. “I touched a lot of different fabrics and then we started proofing.” Ultimately, Elgort printed on a thin fabric called samba, which sometimes sways gently in the store as if animated by a seaside breeze.

by Sophie Elgort

“My art is always evolving,” Elgort says. “This series started out as a happy accident but now it’s one of those things that I’m so excited to continue. It’s a departure from where I was and from the commissions I receive. I was always exploring but I didn’t have a series that I was excited to dive into like this.” Elgort turns to the words exploring and exploration often—fitting choices as Away We Go is infused with the spirit of travel and a sense of Elgort’s own penchant for adventure.

by Sophie Elgort

Elgort remembers taking photographs when she was eight years old and even younger. “My dad always had cameras all over the house, as he still does today,” she says. “We were allowed to use them as long as we put the strap on correctly and we were careful. I would bring them to camp and bring them to school. I would have friends come over and dress them up in my mom’s clothes and photograph them. My dad would have the film developed in doubles and triples, so that I could give them out.” There’s a youthful joy to be found throughout Away We Go, and Elgort has painted the emotion in a way that all can appreciate.

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FLORA is a mass-timber research pavilion in Barcelona's forest canopy

Photo of FLORA

A team of students and researchers from Barcelona’s Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia has built a hillside timber pavilion with hanging walkways nestled in the trees.

Called FLORA, an acronym for Forest Lab for Observational Research and Analysis, the pavilion is a scientific facility that will allow a researcher to live and work in the forest canopy.

Photo of FLORA
FLORA was designed by Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia

Led by course directors Daniel Ibáñez and Vicente Guallart, the installation was developed by a team of students and researchers of the Masters in Advanced Ecological Buildings and Biocities (MAEBB) programme at the Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia (IAAC).

“The project seeks to be immersed within nature and to create an ecological interactive prototype,” the IAAC told Dezeen.

Photo of FLORA
It is a scientific facility

The pavilion was built on the grounds of the IAAC’s Valldaura Labs in the Collserola Natural Park in Barcelona, which has over 1,000 species of plants and ten billion trees.

FLORA allows a researcher to study local biodiversity and how the effects of climate change are influencing the natural park.

The pavilion is made from mass timber processed by the students and researchers on site. Built from invasive pine trees sourced within the park, the project had a philosophy of “zero-kilometre materials”.

Photo of the timber research studio
It is constructed from timber

“The primary building material is timber, obtained from the surroundings, without the need of a supply chain,” said the IAAC.

Seventy trees were cut and processed by the design team to create cross-laminated timber (CLT) panels, laminated beams, and solid wood elements using the sawmill and small CLT press available at the architecture school.

The 8.5m tall structure is fashioned from a CLT core which rests on timber columns built into the hillside. Hanging glulam bridges link the elevated structure back to the top of the slope. The longest bridge spans approximately 12 metres.

The CLT core is clad in two layers of natural cork panels to provide thermal and acoustic insulation.

Photo of FLORA from a walkway
It was built into the treeline

A mesh net is pulled taut around the core and walkways of the pavilion. Taking inspiration from a hunter’s nest, the net was designed digitally and then woven together by hand.

“The net intends to better camouflage the project by allowing plants to spread along it,” the IAAC explained. “[It blends] the structure with the forest in order to hide it from the surrounding wildlife.”

Photo of a person on the pavilion
Cork clads the exterior of the internal structure

Inside the pavilion, CLT is used to create integrated furniture for working and viewing platforms for birdwatching. The interior also houses a bird radio, bird houses and a projection space.

The design of the pavilion was inspired by the work and elevated walkways of American biologist Margaret D Lowman. Informally known as “Canopy Meg”, she is considered a pioneer in the science of canopy ecology – studying flora and fauna found in forest treetops.

Photo of the interior of the research facility
It takes inspiration from hunter’s nests

The IAAC is a centre focused on innovative and ecological construction and has been active for the last 22 years.

IAAC students have also designed and built a prototype Solar Greenhouse for energy generation and food production and a quarantine cabin for self-isolation called The Voxel.

Photography is by Adrià Goula.

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