Studio Weave has built an arched greenhouse as part of London Design Festival, which is filled with plants that it predicts will soon be able to grow outdoors in the UK due to climate change.
Named Hothouse, the pavilion was created to draw attention to rising temperatures caused by climate change, which will allow many tropical fruits to be grown outdoors in London in the next 30 years.
Studio Weave designed Hothouse as part of London Design Festival
"We wanted to talk a little bit about how London is getting warmer," Studio Weave director Je Ahn told Dezeen. "The idea is to show the types of plants that we will be able to easily grow in our gardens by 2050."
"It's not meant to be doom and gloom," he continued, "it's meant to remind people of the relationship we have with nature ? we want people to engage with the structure and the plants." The greenhouse-like structure contains tropical plants
Built as part of this year's London Design Festival ? which is one of the few major design events to go ahead this year after many were cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic ? the greenhouse-like structure is located in Redman Place near the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in Stratford.

The structure pays homage to the area's previous history as an edible fruit-growing hotspot.
Its planting was designed by landscaper Tom Massey and includes numerous tropical plants such as guava, avocado, pomegranate, mango, sugarcane and pineapple.
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