2024-05-10T09:35:24-04:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150360156/robots-assemble-a-domed-timber-pavilion-designed-by-the-universities-of-stuttgart-and-freiburg Niall Patrick Walsh 2023-08-15T11:16:00-04:00 >2024-03-15T01:45:58-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/85/855cded20c0ace8bb883442c9770989a.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>The&nbsp;<a href="https://archinect.com/schools/cover/3107/universit-t-stuttgart" target="_blank">University of Stuttgart</a> and the <a href="https://archinect.com/schools/cover/150274754/university-of-freiburg" target="_blank">University of Freiburg</a> have partnered on the construction of a <a href="https://www.icd.uni-stuttgart.de/projects/livmats-biomimetic-shell/" target="_blank">domed timber pavilion</a> on the University of Freiburg campus which seeks to showcase an &ldquo;integrative approach to design and construction for sustainable architecture.&rdquo; The <em>liv</em>MatS Biomimetic Shell at the FIT Freiburg Center for Interactive Materials and Bioinspired Technologies will serve as a research space for the development of innovative, cross-disciplinary research ideas.</p> <figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/42/42fbd61fd5fd9eae5e08fd363e63a487.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/42/42fbd61fd5fd9eae5e08fd363e63a487.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Image credit: Conn&eacute; van d'Grachten</figcaption></figure><figure><figure><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/bc/bcffe6c7e40dc4627da87f11479465d1.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/bc/bcffe6c7e40dc4627da87f11479465d1.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=514"></a><figcaption>Image credit: Conn&eacute; van d'Grachten</figcaption></figure></figure><p>The design of the building envelope is based on the morphological principles of the plate skeleton of sea urchins, which have been researched at the University of Stuttgart for over a decade. For the <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/9031/pavilion" target="_blank">pavilion</a>, the segmental shell construction was further developed as a highly insulating structure for year-round and permanent use, with the combination of two partial shells of different shapes and sizes creating an opening skylight.</p> <figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/91/915ecf582fd0cee5893d10c6fbf13aaa.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/91/915ecf582fd0cee5893d10c6fbf13aaa.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Image credit: Con...</figcaption></figure>