*런던 플라워 키오스크, 스트리트 퍼니쳐 [ Buchanan Partnership ] Undulating timber slats surround this London flower kiosk

A new permanent flower kiosk in Ladbroke Grove, built using digital and handcrafted fabrication techniques.

This project, for a permanent flower kiosk in Ladbroke Grove, came about as part of a change of use application for the neighbouring retail unit, which had previously been used as a florist.

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Contract value: £47,000
Location: St Helen's Gardens, London
Client: Mountgrange Heritage and The Cundall Partnership
Fabrication: William Hardie Design
Planning Consultant: Ian Fergusson of Turley Associates
Structural Engineers: Tall Engineers

The concept for the rippling CNC-cut timber layers of the facade resulted from an ambition to reinvent the conventional idea of a floral motif.

We took inspiration from electron scanning microscopic images of flower petals, which reveal tiny three-dimensional ridge patterns across the petal surface. These ridges intensify the colour of the flower and act as a graspable surface for bees and other insects.

Using both digital and traditional fabrication techniques, the ridges are referenced in the external form of the kiosk, so that the nano-condition of the petal is translated into a contemporary interpretation of the floral motif in the architecture.

The lozenge shape of the kiosk rotates to be open during the day, creating space to prepare and wrap the flowers. The flowers are displayed on shelves that are placed on the surrounding pavement, and are stored and locked in the kiosk at night.

from  dezeen