I came across this artifact the other day and liked the idea very much.
Arup won the competition called 'Beyond the Hive' where the brief called for a sustainable and creative insect habitat for the city of london parks.
The bio-mimetic design is constructed out of 25 layers of 20 mm-thick birch plywood. The irregular voids originate from the Voronoi pattern, an organic system of irregular shapes often found in nature. Each compartment/void is compacted with different forms of dead-fall to cater for different species of insects. Hopefully we will see the scheme implemented around natural habitation areas of London very soon and that the idea works to full effect!
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