{"id":17380,"date":"2016-11-03T10:54:49","date_gmt":"2016-11-03T09:54:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/meonline.hu\/?p=17380"},"modified":"2016-11-03T10:59:02","modified_gmt":"2016-11-03T09:59:02","slug":"elytra-filament-pavilon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/meonline.hu\/en\/archivum\/elytra-filament-pavilon\/","title":{"rendered":"Elytra Filament Pavilion"},"content":{"rendered":"

Victoria & Albert Museum, London, 18. 05 – 06. 11. 2016<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"elytra\"<\/p>\n

Elytra Filament Pavilion has been created by experimental German architect Achim Menges with Moritz D\u00f6rstelmann, structural engineer Jan Knippers and climate engineer Thomas Auer.
\nMenges and Knippers are leaders of research institutes at the University of Stuttgart that are pioneering the integration of biomimicry, robotic fabrication and new materials research in architecture. This installation emerges from their ongoing research projects and is their first-ever major commission in the UK.
\nThe pavilion explores the impact of emerging robotic technologies on architectural design, engineering and making.
\nIts design is inspired by lightweight construction principles found in nature, the filament structures of the forewing shells of flying beetles known as elytra. Made of glass and carbon fibre, each component of the undulating canopy is produced using an innovative robotic winding technique developed by the designers. Like beetle elytra, the pavilion\u2019s filament structure is both very strong and very light \u2013 spanning over 200m2 it weighs less than 2,5 tonnes.
\nElytra is a responsive shelter that will grow over the course of the V&A Engineering Season. Sensors in the canopy fibres will collect data on how visitors inhabit the pavilion and monitor the structure\u2019s behaviour, ultimately informing how and where the canopy grows. During a series of special events as part of the Engineering Season, visitors will have the opportunity to witness the pavilion\u2019s construction live, as new components are fabricated on-site by a Kuka robot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t