Architects Design Cost-Friendly "Exoskeleton" Pavilion
Modular architecture at its finest.
As technology evolves, we are granted with new tools and new ways construct physical spaces. Taking a bottom-up approach to designing a structure, Thibaut Van Dousselaere and Silke Van Geeteruyen were faced with the objective to build a pavilion with limited time and resources. The “Exoskeleton” pavilion was built from only thin sheets of plywood and a 2D CNC machine for laser cutting and milling. Focusing on prototyping new building blocks rather than a final structure — the pavilion took its own shape over time, actively bending to the forces of gravity. As these panels requires nothing besides tie straps to stay attached, the Belgian architects successfully tackled their objective of a low-cost structure in a truly organic approach to architecture.
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