Es Devlin creates UK Pavilion to represent "culturally diverse Britain" at Dubai Expo
British designer Es Devlin has unveiled a cross-laminated timber pavilion, which is the UK's contribution to the Dubai Expo 2020.
The UK Pavilion has been designed to display a series of AI-generated poems during the international event, which opens in Dubai this week.
Es Devlin designed the UK Pavilion for the Dubai Expo 2020
Constructed from cross-laminated timber, the cone-shaped pavilion has a circular facade made from protruding slats.
Poems created from words submitted by visitors and generated by AI will be written in English and Arabic using LED lights on the facade.
The pavilion's facade displays AI-generated poems
"Shaped like a giant wooden conical musical instrument, the UK Pavilion gathers words donated by each visitor," Devlin told Dezeen. "It uses an advanced machine learning algorithm to generate the cumulative collective poem which illuminates its twenty-metre diameter facade."
Poems will also be displayed on the inside of the pavilion
The pavilion was designed with structural engineer Atelier One, environmental design consultant Atelier Ten, executive architect Veretec and creative agency Avantgarde.
It was built from cross-laminated timber rather from concrete or steel to reduce its environmental impact.
"The pavilion is an act of European and international collaboration: its cross-laminated timber is thoroughly European: grown and assembled in Austria and Italy," said Devlin.
"The LED tiles were engineered in Belg...
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