london UNITED KINGDOM

suckerPUNCH: Describe your project.

BuildTank (emma-kate MATTHEWS & wendy teo BOON TING): “The ‘StripHouse’ is designed to wrap and twist around the trunk of a coconut palm tree. The stair treads clamp gently onto the tree trunk to provide an ascending, twisting route into the main enclosure, which sits above ground like a cocoon. The cladding consists of twisted plywood strips which assume a natural curve between their top and bottom restraints and appear to peel away from the trunk in a way which mimics the canopy of the palm leaves above.

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london UNITED KINGDOM

suckerPUNCH: Describe your project.

wendy teo BOON TING: The design speculates on the potential of researching other possible energy systems that could generate power for the train station. The ambition is to integrate the flow of energy and waste matter of these new systems, such as thermoelectric energy and bioreactors, with the built environment. It is intended that the flow of these new energy systems would be physically expressed in an ephemeral way, with a fluctuating presence that reflected the climatic and energetic changes of the station.

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