Gallery: A Garden Canopy Evolves in Response to the People Inside

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    The Elytra pavilion sits in the garden of the V&A museum in London.
  • It's built from 40 glass and carbon fiber modules that are bolted together.
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    It's built from 40 glass and carbon fiber modules that are bolted together.
  • Exhibition on Ove Arup and installation by Achim Menges with Jan Knippers
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    Each modules is woven by a robot.
  • Exhibition on Ove Arup and installation by Achim Menges with Jan Knippers
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    The modules weigh around 100 pounds a piece.
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    The pavilion is embedded with sensors that allow it to track human activity and stresses on the structure itself.
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    New modules will be shaped by the two data inputs: environmental factors like temperature and forces exerted on the pavilion, and the behaviors of people who interact with it.
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