Silk Pavilion, MIT Media Lab, Massachusetts (2013)*

Artist/Designer: Neri Oxman, Mediated Matter Group

Project Location: United States

Figure 1: Silk Pavilion, Mediated Matter Group, MIT, 2013. ( Source | Accessed : August 30, 2017 | Photographer: http://matter.media.mit.edu/assets/images/made/assets/images/5_silkPavilion_1600_1067_80.jpg@media.mit.edu )

Figure 2: Interior Installation, Mediated Matter Group, MIT, 2013. ( Source | Accessed : January 12, 2018 | Photographer: Steven Keating )

Figure 3: Construction detail, Mediated Matter Group, MIT, 2013. ( Source | Accessed : January 12, 2018 | Photographer: Markus Kayser )

Style/Period(s):
Contemporary

Primary Material(s):
Fabric, Textile, Steel, Silk

Function(s):
Exhibition

Related Website(s):

Mediated Matter Group | Accessed : August 30, 2017

Neri Oxman MIT Media Lab | Accessed : August 30, 2017

silk pavillion | Accessed : August 30, 2017

Article | Accessed : January 12, 2018

Significant Date(s):
21st Century, 2012

Additional Information:
Publications/Text in Print-

Keating, S., Leland, J., Cai, L., and Oxman, N. "Towards Site-Specific and Self-Sufficient Robotic Fabrication on Architectural Scales ." Science Robotics, Volume 2, Issue 5, 2017.

N. Oxman, D. Dikovski, B. Belocon, W. C. Carter. " Gemini: Engaging Experiential and Feature Scales through Multi-Material Digital Design Fabrication." Journal of 3D Printing and Additive Manufacturing, 1 (2014): 108-114.

L. Mogas-Soldevila, J. Duro-Royo, and N. Oxman. "Water-based Robotic Fabrication." Journal of 3D Printing and Additive Manufacturing, 1(3) (2014): 141-15.

E.L. Doubrovski, E.Y. Tsai, D. Dikovsky, J.M.P. Geraedts, H. Herr, and N.Oxman. "Voxel-based Fabrication through Material Property Mapping: a Design Method for Bitmap Printing." Computer-Aided Design, Elsevie, Volume 60, (March 2015): 3–13.

Jorge Duro-Royo, Katia Zolotovsky, Laia Mogas-Soldevila, Swati Varshney, Neri Oxman, Mary C. Boyce, Christine Ortiz. "MetaMesh: A hierarchical computational model for design and fabrication of biomimetic armor surfaces." Computer-Aided Design, Elsevier, Volume 60, (March 2015): 14–27.

Keating, S. and Oxman, N. "Compound Fabrication: A Multi-Functional Robotic Platform for Digital Design and Fabrication.
Robotics and Computer Integrated Manufacturing, Volume 29, Issue 6, (2013).

Y. Sterman, E. D. Demaine and N. Oxman. " PCB Origami: a Material-based Design Approach to Computer-aided Foldable Electronic Devices." Submitted to the Journal of Mechanical Design, Special Issue: Origami and Tessellation in Design, (2013).

Oxman, N., Firstenberg, M., and Tsai, E. "Digital Anisotropy." Journal of Virtual and Physical Prototyping (VPP), Issue 7 Volume 4, (2012): 261-274.

Building Address:
MIT Media Lab
75 Amherst St, Cambridge, MA 02139

Press Contact: communications@media.mit.edu

Significant Dates:
Installation date: 2012

Tags:
Textile, Fabric, Science, Nature, Bio Mimicry, Technology, MIT, digital fabrication, CNC

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