Elevated tree-like obelisks light up Granary Square in London's King's Cross as a socially distant Christmas celebration, designed by Sam Jacob Studio to be a crossover of "a fairy-tale forest with modern architecture".
Dubbed the Electric Nemeton, the 11 metre-tall (36 feet) installation by London architecture practice Sam Jacob Studio comprises a group of green, pyramid-shaped structures of different sizes that emulate a forest of Christmas trees.
The installation features a group of green pyramid-shaped trees
Timber joists have been used to create the skeleton of each pyramidal tree structure, while coloured scaffold netting has been stretched over these frames to give them body.
Lighting elements placed under the tree structures highlight their translucent quality at dark, illuminating the installation in hues of green with a few pops of orange and red towards the back of the group. "These simple materials expose the construction process while their layering creates something more magical," said the studio. "As you move around, the structure is sometimes more see through, sometimes more solid. Its colours fade and bleed from one to another."
The tree-like structures are brought to life with coloured netting
"As public space has taken on new significances during Covid-19, the Electric Nemoron contributes a little more to the possibilities of winter life outdoors," it continued. "A structure that itself is an event, somewhere t...