2024-05-09T16:38:58-04:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150371635/mit-media-lab-group-unveils-living-knitwork-pavilion-at-burning-man-2023 Niall Patrick Walsh 2023-09-14T11:42:00-04:00 >2024-03-15T01:45:58-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/13/134e7b3fc159849dcedd16695fe85f38.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>A group of designers, artists, and technologists from <a href="https://archinect.com/mitarchitecture" target="_blank">MIT</a> have unveiled details of a <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/9031/pavilion" target="_blank">pavilion</a> delivered by the team for <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/20321/burning-man" target="_blank">Burning Man 2023</a>. The Living Knitwork Pavilion is described by the group as &ldquo;an architectural-scale interactive 3D knitted textile shade structure that leverages electrically and optically-active yarns and explores photochromism by day and light-movements interaction at night.&rdquo;</p> <figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/44/44e8bb9479ff477ed57249c00aa9ecf3.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/44/44e8bb9479ff477ed57249c00aa9ecf3.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Image credit: Irmandy Wicaksono/MIT Media Lab</figcaption></figure><figure><figure><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/cd/cd4e8c4556f7b0dbba89dfc0bd9352dd.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/cd/cd4e8c4556f7b0dbba89dfc0bd9352dd.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=514"></a><figcaption>Image credit: Irmandy Wicaksono/MIT Media Lab</figcaption></figure></figure><p>The <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/71523/modular" target="_blank">modular</a> pavilion comprises a dodecagonal pyramid, measuring 18 feet in height and 26 feet in width. Crafted from 3D knitted yarns that are both optically and electrically active, the pavilion senses movements and changes its color and luminescence in response, creating a unique optic experience across the day and night.</p> <figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/99/999da4169972ea04fa59962080d46846.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/99/999da4169972ea04fa59962080d46846.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Image credit: Irmandy Wicaksono/MIT Media Lab</figcaption></figure><figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/4b/4bd75a0c80bc8eadab9b4141d61c6261.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/4b/4bd75a0c80bc8eadab9b4141d61c6261.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Image credit: Irmandy Wicaksono/MIT Media Lab</figcaption></figure><p>The pavilion is formed of twelve petals, each embedded with functional yarns. The yarns can ...</p>