Gallery: A Strange Peanut-Shaped Building Designed by Algorithms
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The Landesgartenschau Exhibition Hall in Schwäbisch Gmünd, Germany, was shaped by algorithms and fabricated by robots. Roland Halbe
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The building was a project from the team at University of Stuttgart’s Institute for Computational Design. Roland Halbe
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The 2,700 sq. foot hall has a beech wood shell that’s made up of 243 unique geometric plates that latch together via more than 7,600 finger joints, which you can see from the interior. Roland Halbe
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The joints are invisible from the outside. Roland Halbe
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Each of the plates was computationally designed. They were then fabricated by a 7-axis robot. Roland Halbe
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This gives the robot enough flexibility to manufacture the intricate teeth of the plates. Roland Halbe
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A closer look at the teeth, which give the building its structural integrity. Roland Halbe
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Each of the plates is 50 milimeters thick. Roland Halbe
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Though the shape of the exhibition hall was the result of algorithms, the team at ICD was quick to clarify that even algorithms need to be designed.Roland Halbe
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Computational design then, is really about enhancing the skillset of both humans and computers. Roland Halbe
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