3600 x 2400 px | 30,5 x 20,3 cm | 12 x 8 inches | 300dpi
Data acquisizione:
18 maggio 2016
Ubicazione:
London, England, United Kingdom
Altre informazioni:
Questa immagine potrebbe avere delle imperfezioni perché è storica o di reportage.
London, UK. 18 May 2016. The V&A museum marks the start of its Engineering Season with the unveiling of the new large-scale garden installation fabricated by a robot. The Elytra Filament Pavilion is the outcome of four years of ground-breaking research on the integration of architecture, engineering and biomimicry principles and explores how biological fibre systems can be transferred to architecture. The 200m² pavilion structure is inspired by lightweight construction principles found in nature and mimics the fibrous structures of the forewing shells of flying beetles known as elytra. Elytra Filament Pavilion is made up of 40 hexagonal cells, each weighing 45kg, and seven columns, all created by a computer-programmed Kuka robot during a four-month construction process. To make each component, the robot wound resin-soaked glass and carbon fibres onto a hexagonal scaffold, before heating in a giant oven to harden. The pavilion commissioned for the V&A’s first ever Engineering Season has been created by experimental architect Prof Achim Menges with Moritz Dörstelmann, structural engineer Prof Jan Knippers and climate engineer Thomas Auer in a collaboration between the University of Stuttgart’s Institute of Computational Design (ICD) and Institute of Building Structures and Building Design (ITKE).The pavilion will evolve over time in response to anonymous data on how visitors use and move under the canopy. It is on display in the V&A’s John Madjeski Garden until 6 November.
Disponibile solo per utilizzo personale ed editoriale. Contattaci per utilizzi commerciali
Puoi utilizzare questa immagini solo per contenuti editoriali o per l’uso personale. I contenuti editoriali includono l’utilizzo come riferimento visivo per coadiuvare un tuo articolo, storia, critica o testo educativo. L’uso personale ti consente di realizzare una singola stampa, cartolina o regalo per l’utilizzo non commerciale. Vietata la rivendita.
È vietato l’utilizzo commerciale, che include pubblicità, marketing, promozioni, imballaggi, pubbliredazionali e prodotti di consumo o per il merchandising.
