A exhibition exploring an alternative future for glass in architecture 

Photo: Installation view of 'The Glass Chain' at Sto Werkstatt, London. Coutesy of Sto & Space Popular, 2017 (Phototgrapher: Ben Blossom)

PROJECT —
the glass chain

Year —
2017

CLIENT —
Sto

ROLE —
Brand Strategy
curation
producer

The brief for this new commission asked Space Popular (Lara Lesmes and Fredrik Hellberg) to work with the manufacturer Sto's glass facade system, to redefine the limitations of the material and imagine its bright, colourful, and energising possibilities.

The Glass Chain was an installation activated by visitors through a VR immersive film. The exhibition was designed by Space Popular and fabricated using Sto's materials.  

Achieving over 20 pieces of media coverage reaching 257K views & 1.21K social engagements

"The Glass Chain is a feast for the eyes. Designed for Sto Werkstatt’s Clerkenwell showroom, the temporary piece creates a kaleidoscopically coloured glass structure full of rich pattern and trompe-l’oeil effects. It is mesmerizing."

—Pamela Buxton for Riba Journal

Press:
Design&Build Magazine: 'Meet the Innovators'
ArchDaily: 'Space Popular Reignite the Concerns of "The Glass Chain" Letters By Way of Virtual Reality'
RIBA Journal: 'Come Inside the Kaleidoscope'
Architecture Today (AD): 'The Glass Chain'