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op left A lot of effort was made by the teams from LED Linear, Arup and Wibre to ensure the Mobile Orchard was just impressive at night as it was during the day.
op right The lightweight latticework of clear, laser-cut leaves resembling a suspended cloud of shattered glass. Above DMX programming brought the tree to life, separating the trunk’s main segments into 12 channels through which the light rotated.
every fifteen minutes, creating a visual accompaniment to the City’s surrounding church bells, with a dramatic thunderstorm climax on the hour.
The design of the Mobile Orchard furthers atmos’s ongoing investigations into natural forms, organic structures, experiential ergonomics, digital fabrication, and innova- tive public landscapes.
“This project was a unique opportunity for us to really grapple with the extraordinary beauty and complexity of trees,” says Alex Haw, director at atmos. “We’ve been
designing projects that reference them, whether explicitly or unconsciously, for years, but never had the chance to share the stage with them, until now.” Just as a tree benefits from a multitude of nutrients to aid its growth, the Mobile Orchard benefitted from an ecology of people and organisations, who all played a vital symbiotic role in helping to bring the project to life. Stuart Knox from Architec- tural FX was particularly crucial, partnering with LED Linear and Wibre to do everything possible to acheive excellence and make
the project a success.
After its London journey was completed, this man-made tree was uprooted once again and has been donated to Trees for Cities. The charity plans to tour the tree across Britain for five years, while the young fruit trees that supported it on dis- play have been donated to the City’s first orchard, as well as to a host of local London schools, in the hope that, in time, orchards will spring up there too.
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