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 …

Jun 3, 2013 · News: researchers at MIT Media Lab's Mediated Matter group have created a dome from silk fibres woven by a robotic arm, which was then finished by live silkworms (+ movie).

Can we extract silk without boiling cocoons? Standing six meters tall and five meters wide, Silk Pavilion II offers insights into these questions by combining kinetic manufacturing with …

Inspired by the silkworm’s ability to generate a three-dimensional cocoon out of a single silk thread, Silk Pavilion I was developed in 2013 and took form as a three-meter wide dome, …

May 31, 2013 · Fusing digital and biological fabrication, the gorgeous Silk Pavilion at Mediated Matter Research Group at MIT’s Media lab uses natural silkworms to help a robotic arm and …

May 28, 2013 · Masterminded by Neri Oxman and the Mediated Matter Research Group at the MIT Media Lab in collaboration with colleagues from Harvard’s Wyss Institute and Tufts …

Jul 11, 2013 · Your eyes are not deceiving you: The Silk Pavillion — an architectural experiment constructed at MIT, was "3-D printed" using 6,500 live silkworms. Humans have been breeding …

Jun 6, 2013 · Inspired by the way silkworms weave delicate cocoons from a single strand of silk, the pavilion was created using a base of robot-woven threads wrapping a steel frame, …

Jun 4, 2013 · Inspired by the silkworm’s ability to create a 3D cocoon out of a single, 1 km thread, a team of researchers led by architect Neri Oxman created a fibrous, CNC-fabricated scaffold …

Jun 4, 2013 · To make the silk and metal dome, the work begun by robotic weavers was completed by silkworms – 6,500 of them. The frame of the Silk Pavilion is made up of 26 metal …