MIT 미디어 랩의 물질연구소에서 제작한 실크 파빌리온은
제품 및 건축과 디지털을 이용한 생물학적 생산 및 구현에 대한
상관관계 이해를 목적을 실험 제작된다.
누에고치가 고치를 만드는 행동유형의 디지털화,
그리고 다시 육각 프레임 위에 행동유형이 입력, 프로그램된 기계가
실크를 직조한다. 이렇게 만들어진 육각면체는
3차원 구의 형태로 귀결된다.
이렇게 26개의 다면위에 누에들은 자신들의 고유한 영역을
고수하며 각자의 고치를 만들어 이와같은 설치물을 탄생시키게 된다.
바이오 디지털 패브릭케이션
reviewed by SJ
Created at the Mediated Matter Research Group at the MIT Media Lab, The Silk Pavilion explores the relationship between digital and biological fabrication on product and architectural scales. The primary structure was created of 26 polygonal panels made of silk threads laid down by a CNC (Computer-Numerically Controlled) machine, followed by a swarm of 6,500 silkworms spinning flat non-woven silk patches as they locally reinforced the gaps across CNC-deposited silk fibers.
Inspired by the silkworm’s ability to generate a 3D cocoon out of a
single multi-property silk thread (1km in length), the overall geometry
of the pavilion was created using an algorithm that assigns a single
continuous thread across patches providing various degrees of density.
Overall density variation was informed by the silkworm itself deployed
as a biological “printer” in the creation of a secondary structure.
SILK PAVILION from Mediated Matter Group on Vimeo.
Affected by spatial and environmental conditions including geometrical density as well as variation in natural light and heat, the silkworms were found to migrate to darker and denser areas. Desired light effects informed variations in material organization across the surface area of the structure. A season-specific sun path diagram mapping solar trajectories in space dictated the location, size and density of apertures within the structure in order to lock-in rays of natural light entering the pavilion from South and East elevations. The central oculus is located against the East elevation and may be used as a sun-clock. Parallel basic research explored the use of silkworms as entities that can “compute” material organization based on external performance criteria. Specifically, we explored the formation of non-woven fiber structures generated by the silkworms as a computational schema for determining shape and material optimization of fiber-based surface structures.
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