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In the highly parametric society we have today, architects are getting more interested in biomimetics. Using generative modeling, architects and designers utilize computational science to create systematic pattern and structure that mimic the ecology of the nature. Achim Menges has his research field concentrated at the area of digital fabrication and computational design in relations to morphology. In this project, he attempts to integrate biomimetic investigations and cutting-edge robotic fabrication together. Menges employs fiber as the outer skin that wraps the whole structure, which in other words, is demonstrating how natural organic materials and artificial steel frames harmonize the overall design of the installation. Achim Menges tries to challenge the conventional ways of thinking towards architecture, and approaches to the designs that unfold morphological complexity. Trying to find a balance between the opposites such as space and material, form and structure, Menges uses digital fabrication to create novel designs that have not yet been done previously.
The link below has more detailed information about this installation.