{"id":93,"date":"2013-09-12T22:35:34","date_gmt":"2013-09-12T22:35:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jmassey.expressions.syr.edu\/organicism\/?p=93"},"modified":"2013-09-12T22:35:34","modified_gmt":"2013-09-12T22:35:34","slug":"silk-pavilion-by-mit-media-lab","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jmassey.expressions.syr.edu\/organicism\/2013\/09\/12\/silk-pavilion-by-mit-media-lab\/","title":{"rendered":"Silk Pavilion by MIT Media Lab"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"SILK PAVILION\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/67177328?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"780\" height=\"439\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>A short film chronicling the creation of the Silk Pavilion.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/67177328\">http:\/\/vimeo.com\/67177328<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Silk Pavilion, created by the brilliant minds at MIT Media Lab, is an extraordinary example of how a biological process (in this case, silk produced by silk worms) can be harnessed to produce naturally 3D printed structures. Taking their inspiration from the way silkworms weave cocoons, the pavilion consists of three elements: a steel frame, woven threads (produced by a robot arm) wrapping the frame and 6,500 silk worms released onto the woven threads. The silk worms then, through their instinctual prowess of locating darker areas of the pavilion\u2019s surface, weave their silk web onto the primary structure of the frame. Acting as \u201cbiological 3D printers\u201d, the silk worms could ideally be utilized in ways that seamlessly merge their instinctual biological processes with powerful fabrication techniques to produce an architecture that deals dynamically with issues such as structural loads, lighting levels and ventilation. In theory, these tiny little builders, in conjunction with intelligent computational design, could produce pavilions, houses, and even buildings in a completely organic way-be it biomimicrally, biologically, or both.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right\"><i>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 &#8212; Andrew Scalisi<\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>RESEARCH RESOURCES<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><\/b>\u201cSilk Pavilion \/ MIT Media Lab.\u201d ArchDaily. Accessed August 30, 2013.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.archdaily.com\/384271\/silk-pavilion-mit-media-lab\/\">http:\/\/www.archdaily.com\/384271\/silk-pavilion-mit-media-lab\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This blog article articulates the success of MIT Media Lab seamlessly meshing scientific research, digital design and biomimetic construction to create organic architecture in its truest sense.\u00a0 It also shows the great progressive thought in \u201cconnecting the dots\u201d between technology and biology. In focusing primarily on the paths of the silk worms, the article reveals that when placed in the right conditions, biology can actually embrace and work with technology rather than rejecting it. This truly reveals the inherent complexity that is coupled with producing contemporary organic architecture.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Silk Pavilion by MIT Media Lab.\u201d Designboom | Architecture &amp; Design Magazine. Accessed August 30, 2013.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.designboom.com\/technology\/the-silk-pavilion-by-mit-media-labs\/\">http:\/\/www.designboom.com\/technology\/the-silk-pavilion-by-mit-media-labs\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This brief blog posting describes the form of the primary structure on which the silk worms were to operate on.\u00a0 Carefully designed for precise calibration, an algorithm was utilized to calculate the predicted areas of dense silk production by the worms.\u00a0 This shows us that even though there is an innate instinctual capacity within biology, technology can always override this and ironically dictate those instincts, creating a paradoxical artificially-biological construct.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWatch 6,500 Silkworms 3D-Print A Silk Pavilion At MIT &#8211; Explore, Collect and Source Architecture &amp; Interiors.\u201d Architizer. Accessed August 30, 2013.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.designboom.com\/technology\/the-silk-pavilion-by-mit-media-labs\/\">http:\/\/www.designboom.com\/technology\/the-silk-pavilion-by-mit-media-labs\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This article discusses the fabricating power of biological processes. Likening the production of silk as \u201c3D printing their own houses for ages,\u201d it begins to suggest that MakerBots aren\u2019t necessarily the only means of producing 3D printed architecture.\u00a0 This is an important notion because, through this experiment, we now have insights into how technology and biology can be merged to produce architecture or architectural elements that are otherwise completely artificial and non-organic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A short film chronicling the creation of the Silk Pavilion. http:\/\/vimeo.com\/67177328 The Silk Pavilion, created by the brilliant minds at MIT Media Lab, is an extraordinary example of how a biological process (in this case, silk produced by silk worms) can be harnessed to produce naturally 3D printed structures. 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