Biorock Pavilion

Biorock Pavilion is a realistic proposal to grow a building in seawater through the electro-deposition of minerals onto a lightweight steel frame. Once grown and transported to an urban location, the building will function as a performance space for talks. The form is based on the curves and folding of ribbed mollusc shells which create strength with minimal material. To date, there have been very few examples of architecture that has been grown in any sense that is truly comparable to biological growth processes. Biorock Pavilion will be the first ever example of “adaptive growth” in architecture.