The Electric Nemeton is also a take on the traditions of merging architecture and nature around the winter solstice – from the palm leaves used in ancient Egypt and by Romans as Saturnalia decorations to the druidic use of mistletoe and fir trees we bring into our homes. Its colours fade and bleed from one to another.Īs a big, elevated structurally expressive roof, it creates a space for things to happen underneath, a little like the great engineered sheds of Kings Cross and St Pancras stations nearby.
As you move around, the structure is sometimes more see through, sometimes more solid. These simple materials – scaffold net, timber joists, galvanised steel – expose the construction process while their layering creates something more magical. Lighting effects accentuate the structures translucent qualities. Timber sections are used to construct the tree-structure, with stretched coloured net panels forming its canopy.
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It is formed by a series of modular tree-like pyramids held 4m above the ground on metal column-trunks. Part tree, part spaceframe, it creates a space to walk through, a stage for social life and a sculptural object in Granary Square. Reimagined here with geometry, colour and light it becomes an abstracted forest grove.
The Electric Nemeton draws on the origins of the Christmas tree tradition, referencing the forest groves that acted as gathering places in Celtic culture. SJS have completed a new installation for Granary Square titled The Electric Nemeton.
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