MICHAEL PAWLYN
Michael established Exploration in 2007 to focus 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, where he was responsible for leading the design of the Warm Temperate and Humid Tropics Biomes and subsequent phases. 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 September 2003 he joined an intensive course in nature-inspired design at Schumacher College, run by Amory Lovins and Janine Benyus , where he met Andy Middleton, who was facilitating the programme.
Michael has lectured widely on the subject of sustainable design in the UK and abroad, including at the Royal Society of Arts with Ray Anderson, CEO of Interface, Google’s annual ‘Zeitgeist’ conference and at the Royal Geographical Society’s annual conference ‘Sustainability and Quality of Life’.
