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Shigeru Ban<br />
Artek Pavilion, 2007<br />
Wood-plastic composite<br />
20ft x 15ft x 134ft<br />
Pho<strong>to</strong>graphy courtesy of Artek<br />
Sustainability<br />
as an Attitude ⁄<br />
Artek<br />
Selected works by<br />
Shigeru Ban ⁄ Alvar Aal<strong>to</strong> ⁄<br />
Artek Pavilion ‘Space of Silence’<br />
is designed by internationally<br />
renowned Japanese architect<br />
Shigeru Ban, a remarkable trailblazer<br />
in applying ecological thinking <strong>to</strong><br />
architectural design.The Artek Pavilion<br />
is an unconventional combination of<br />
elegance and ecological innovation,<br />
built out of UPM-developed woodplastic<br />
composite made from surplus<br />
self-adhesive label material.<br />
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Since its establishment in 1935,<br />
Artek has enacted a product<br />
development strategy that<br />
incorporates ethics, aesthetics and<br />
ecology. The Pavilion symbolizes<br />
Artek's legacy of commitment <strong>to</strong><br />
humane and innovative design and<br />
art, which combines the heritage<br />
of Alvar Aal<strong>to</strong> with ambitious<br />
product research.<br />
The Pavilion will contain an<br />
installation of one hundred chairs<br />
from Artek’s 2nd Cycle initiative,<br />
which reclaims and reissues iconic<br />
Aal<strong>to</strong> pieces from shipyards,<br />
schools, asylums and beyond.<br />
Each chair's provenance is coded<br />
and embedded in<strong>to</strong> RFID ⁄ NFC tags,<br />
readable via mobile phones.
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