Sea-Urchin inspired pavilion designed by the University Of Stuttgart

A beautiful sea-urchin inspired pavilion has been created by a team of students and researchers at the University of Stuttgart using laminated beech plywood components that have been molded and stitched together. The intention behind the pavilion is to show the potential of materials in combination with computational design, simulation and fabrication process in architecture. To fabricate the structure, robots were used to bend the sheets of custom-laminated beech plywood into double-layered segments. These segments were then passed through an industrial sewing machine to stitch the pieces together and prevent the layers from separating.
http://www.dezeen.com/2016/05/05/robotically-fabricated-pavilion-university-of-stuttgart-students-plywood-icd-itke/
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