Michael Pawlyn
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One of the lead architects on the Eden Project, Michael Pawlyn is a passionate advocate of sustainable architecture. He focus's exclusively on environmentally sustainable projects that take their inspiration from nature.
Prior to setting up the company he worked with Grimshaw for ten years and was central to the team that radically re-invented horticultural architecture for the Eden Project. He was responsible for leading the design of the Warm Temperate and Humid Tropics Biomes and the subsequent phases that included proposals for a third Biome for plants from dry tropical regions. He initiated and developed the Grimshaw environmental management system resulting, in December 2000, in the company becoming the first firm of European architects to achieve certification to ISO14001.
In 1999 he was one of five winners in 'A Car-free London' - an ideas competition for strategic solutions to the capital's future transport needs and new possibilities for urban spaces. In September 2003 he joined an intensive course in nature-inspired design at Schumacher College, run by Amory Lovins and Janine Benyus. He has lectured widely on the subject of sustainable design in the UK and abroad and in May 2005 delivered a talk at the Royal Society of Arts with Ray Anderson, CEO of Interface.
In 2007 Michael Pawlyn delivered a talk at Google's annual 'Zeitgeist' conference and at the Royal Geographical Society's annual conference 'Sustainability and Quality of Life'
Client Testimonials
"Michael is one of the most passionate advocates of sustainable architecture that I have ever met. In addition to his skills as an architect, he is a first rate public speaker who inspires audiences to look at the environmental debate from a fresh perspective achieving this through wit and imagination rather than dogma and doom mongering."
Sir Nicholas Grimshaw
"Two of the cultural stand-outs of the year were the products of slightly mad visionaries - individuals creating worlds at the edges and the in-betweens of standard practice. A lecture by Michael Pawlyn during the London Festival of Architecture energized the audience with case studies demonstrating the generative, rather than restrictive, approach to design that surpasses "sustainability". Like Braungart and McDonough, Pawlyn's work embraces change and growth".
The day went really well yesterday, if you could pass on our thanks to Michael. He gave a great talk and was very professional and well prepared. Please pass on our appreciation.
L&Q Group
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