Wonderfruit returns again for its fifth installment this December, with a renewed vision to practicing and encouraging eco-living. This year, Thailand’s carbon-neutral four-day celebration of the arts, eco-living, and music, is set to offset its impact on the environment. As per a statement published on the event’s website; “Sustainable architecture looks to the future by looking at the past and this couldn’t be truer about the design of Wonderfruit 2018. Instead of building fresh from the ground up, our new land is allowing us to return to what’s already there and building around it as well as with it.”
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The event is set to be held in the field of “Siam Country Club”, making this year’s event bigger than ever. The venue offers extraordinary natural backdrops for the usual festival line-ups including; various music acts, arts, food offerings, transformational wellness, and family-friendly activities. Additionally, the event aims to show Sustainable practices and investment in nature creatively and in all ways possible, sustainable structures included.
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Iconic Stages at Wonderfruit 2018
The foundation of these structures is locally sourced materials, which are incorporated in the venue’s stages and installations. All pieces are carved out of sustainably harvested wood, rice, upcycled plastic, and bamboo. Various artists are invited to innovate and develop different stages with the materials made available to them. Some of this year’s iconic stages include the “Solar Stage” designed by Gregg Fleishman, which is made movable thanks to the used modular panel system.
Another is “The Quarry” by Adam Pollina and Thor Kaichon, a dance stage brought to life by a geometric network of flexible foldable panels of woven recycled materials. And finally, there is “The Farm Stage” by PO-D Architects and Thor Kaichon, which is a multi-disciplinary stage example, inspired by ceremonial architecture in Thailand.
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Moreover, other installations include a theatre stage by Mpdstudio, setting the site’s scenic waterway, and the “Eco Pavilion” by AB Rogers. This pavilion is formed of 100 handmade cotton umbrellas creating a kaleidoscopic canopy, hosting a place for scratch talks. However, aside from the fascinating structures, visitors are surrounded by tropical evergreen forests, pristine lakes, rivers, and beaches.
While these give them a chance to be immersed in eco-living, this year, Marshmallow Laser Feast enhances the experience by introducing ‘in the eye of the animal’. By wearing wooden headsets, this VR experience gives visitors a chance to transverse the forest landscapes from the perspective of woodland creatures.
Every year, Wonderfruit manages to create a more immersive eco-experience than the previous one. This year, the event continues to celebrate and showcase the unity of sustainable architecture with nature and interaction, capturing the imagination of visitors more than ever.
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