This spring, the Meise Botanic Garden in Belgium, one of the world’s largest horticultural conservatories and home more than 10,000 species of endangered plants, celebrated the installation of a spectacular new hyperboloid pavilion, completed with the use of sustainable Kebony wood.
The Green Ark, designed by Belgian studios NU Archtiectuur Atelier and Archipelago, is made up of Kebony wood shingles sawn into the roof of the pavilion, providing a natural finish that places the arching structure in harmony with its botanical surroundings.
Developed in Norway, the patented Kebony technology transforms FSC certified softwoods into durable and aesthetically beautiful timber products with the same, even superior, properties as endangered tropical wood species. The dual modification™ process permanently transforms the wood cell walls by forming locked-in polymers ultimately increasing the dimensional stability, durability, and hardness of the wood, guaranteeing both a long life and high levels of safety.
The Communication Group plc developed and distributed a press release announcing Kebony’s role in the completion of the Green Ark project to international media, generating highlight coverage in leading global architecture publications including Wallpaper*, Archello, ArchDaily and Architectural Digest.
