The Wavery by Arthur Mamou-Mani

 

Taking its name from the English word 'wave' and 'reverie' – the French for 'dreaming' – The Wavery is the new centrepiece installation at 3'6, on our 3rd floor at Piccadilly.

 

Created by acclaimed architect Arthur Mamou-Mani at his circular factory Fab.Pub in Hackney, Arthur describes The Wavery as a project that 'addresses environmental issues through a relatable experience that speaks to our senses', made using renewable and compostable materials, all of which are crafted locally.

 

From the stools to the signature waves that cascade up from the bar and across the ceiling, Arthur and his team have used PLA bioplastics to create this stunning installation.

 

Made from fermented sugar that generates 80% less carbon than petroleum plastics, PLA bioplastic is also edible by enzymes: which means it can decompose back to the earth when it is placed in an industrial composter.

 

"We have designed and 3D printed multiple items in the bar in Fab.Pub, our circular factory in London, and these geometrical and functional elements were created using parametric design and digital fabrication," says Arthur.

 

"We believe in waves of innovation through impactful storytelling; we also love the idea of taking you on a journey to a future in which our objects are designed globally but made locally, and where we make everything from renewable and circular materials."

About Arthur Mamou-Mani

 

Arthur Mamou-Mani (AA dipl, ARB/RIBA FRSA) is a French architect, and director of the award-winning architecture practice Mamou-Mani, specialising in a new kind of digitally designed and fabricated architecture. Arthur is a lecturer at the University of Westminster, and has given numerous talks around the world on “Eco-Parametric” architectural practice, including three TedX conferences in the U.S.A, France and UK.

 

A fellow of the Royal Society for Encouragement of the Arts Manufacture and Commerce, he has won the American Architecture prize, the RIBAj Rising Star Award and has recently been awarded the prestigious Pierre Cardin Prize for Architecture from the Academie des Beaux-Arts in France.

 

In 2020, the Architects Journal named Mamou-Mani one of it's 100 ‘Disruptor’ practices who are challenging the norms of traditional architecture practice in their drive to bring about sustainable alternatives. Alongside his architectural practice Arthur founded the digital-fabrication laboratory  Fab.Pub, allowing the public to experiment with large-scale laser cutting and 3D printing equipment in Hackney, London.