{"id":222686,"date":"2024-02-12T09:13:00","date_gmt":"2024-02-12T14:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/?post_type=id_project&p=222686"},"modified":"2024-02-12T09:40:23","modified_gmt":"2024-02-12T14:40:23","slug":"inside-a-biomimetic-pavilion-in-germany","status":"publish","type":"id_news","link":"https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/designwire\/inside-a-biomimetic-pavilion-in-germany\/","title":{"rendered":"A Sea Creature Informs the Design of This Biomimetic Pavilion"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Photography by Roland Halbe.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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February 12, 2024<\/p>\n\n\n

Words: <\/span>Athena Waligore<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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A Sea Creature Informs the Design of This Biomimetic Pavilion<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

An urchin inspired a resource-efficient biomimetic pavilion in Freiburg, a joint effort between two German universities using new forms of human-machine interaction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Made with Rhinoceros, Grasshopper, and Sofistik software, an early diagram shows the sea urchin\u2013inspired livMatS Biomimetic Shell, a pavilion at Germany\u2019s FIT Freiburg Center for Interactive Materials and Bioinspired Technologies, a collaboration between the University of Freiburg\u2019s Cluster of Excellence Living, Adaptive, and Energy-Autonomous Materials Systems and the University of Stuttgart\u2019s Cluster of Excellence Integrative Computational Design and Construction of Architecture, two research groups co-investigating construction techniques that reduce environmental impact.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The hollow modules forming the structure were pre\u00adfabricated in a Blaustein factory using new forms of robotic manufacturing that are more efficient than conventional wood construction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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To form the modules, workers used AR head\u00adsets and a seven-axis robot that sand\u00adwiched together milled spruce panels, insula\u00adtion boards, waterproofing membranes, lighting and acoustic elements, and larch cover plates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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On-site, a robotic spider crane with a vacuum gripper lifted the modules, which measure 52 by 54 feet, while a second screwed them in place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Biobased hygroscopic materials are incorporated into the pavilion\u2019s glass clerestory, a weather-responsive shade system that was modeled on the moisture-controlled opening and closing of pine cones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Stats Behind the Making of the livMatS Biomimetic Shell<\/h2>\n\n\n\n