Cellular Growth Pavilion

The Cellular Growth Pavilion takes on the way nature constructs complex load-bearing structures from the smallest module outwards. Mushroom and bacterial growth inspires this Digital Design path. From the addition of small discrete Modules from a starting "spore" into the places that the overall structure needs in order to hold itself, there is several simulation steps. First, a Irregular Pavilion shape is found from access, sunlight paths and natural lighting analysis. The found shape is subjected to FEM Analysis, resulting in central lines of force and areas of stress. In order to grow into these areas as much as required, a Cellular growth algorithm is introduced and manipulated with Voxel-Based spawning chances based on proximity. This way of aggregating parts results in a structure, just massive enough to hold itself, and as filigrane as the designer chooses. A last Quality control step ensures coherence. The resulting Pavilion can be constructed from just two different modules, and indefinite adaptions of the Shape of module and Structure are possible.