Silk Pavillion – CNC Deposited Silk & Silkworm Construction at the MIT Media Lab (MIT - Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

(Source: MIT - Massachusetts Institute of Technology) 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...