Computational design on the Biorock Pavilion:
Exploration Architecture founder Michael Pawlyn speaks to Dezeen about biomimicry as part of our Design for Life collaboration with Dassault
Excerpt from Dezeen article:
The Biorock Pavilion is a concept for an amphitheatre-like event space that could be grown underwater. The form of the building is based on that of a seashell, as well as mathematical forms.
The basis of the pavilion would be a skeletal structure comprised of a network of very thin steel rods, which would be immersed in a solution of minerals.
It would be grown by electrodeposition of minerals
An electric current would then be run through the steel skeleton, allowing the remainder of the pavilion to be 'grown' as the minerals calcify atop the base structure.
"It takes those minerals out of the seawater and produces a structure similar to reinforced concrete," stated Pawlyn. "This uses an absolute minimum of material to grow a whole building."
