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title: ICD + ITKE Research Pavilion 2011
location: Germany
date: 2011
architects (teams): Institute for Computational Design and Institute of Building Structures and Structural Design

I believe that this pavilion was created with a main framework and overlaid with hexagonal shapes. The algorithm found constantly optimizes data to set the geometries into an ideal form.

I find this structure so fascinating because of the beauty in the joinery and details of the hexagons. It’s interesting how the algorithm created such a biological overall form out of geometric shapes that were created with programs.

The initial design was based around the notion of a sand dollar. This notion is clearly seen through the interior holes popped out of the wooden hexagons. The shape is clearly a manifestation of the biological motif.