Gallery: Huge, Elaborate Structures Made of Random Heaps of Plastic

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    University of Stuttgart's Institute for Computation Design created a new experimental pavilion.
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    It's made from thousands of pieces of injection-molded plastic that sit on top of each other and lock into place.
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    They're calling it aggregate architecture.
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    The star-like objects have arms of varying lengths which when poured on top of each other create friction joints.
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    This allows them to be arranged into a vertical structure that has stability.
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    A hook granule that can also be used to build even more stable structures.
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