Digitally Fabricated exhibition structures

The majority of digitally fabricated exhibition structures are primarily focused on a form of architecture.

Below are some examples of this:

Shellstar Pavilion

This exhibition structure was designed in December, 2012 and displayed within the city of Hong Kong as part of a design festival. The Shellstar is a temporary exhibition, which was designed to gather the attendees of the festival together in a center point. The lightweight structure was developed within an amazing 6 weeks before the festival. This included the design, fabrication, and the assembly of the structure. The aim of this structure was to draw people into the center of the exhibition, and then drawn back out to into the larger festival sights. Three types of digital modeling processes were used in order for this exhibition to exist. They were: form finding, surface optimization, and fabrication planning. The form of the exhibition surfaced out of a digital form finding process. The structure is created with 1500individual cells, which are bent slightly to accommodate the curves of the structure. The exhibition measures at 8m x 8m x 3m. It is constructed from translucent coroplast, nylon cable ties, steel foundations, and PVC and steel reinforcement arches. 

I like the look of this exhibition, I think it is really interesting and what is even more amazing is the fact that not only does it look really cool during the day, but also it lights up beautifully at night, allowing it to be noticed from a far distance. 

Branching Hypar

  

This exhibition design was created in 2008 and displayed at the Berkeley Art Museum. The design looks relatively easy to construct, but difficult at the same time. It is created from only straight lines, which cross over one another, and attach to the balconies of different levels of the room. The strings attach from one side of the room and then divide into branches of a rectangular shape at each balcony. On the rectangle walls of the balcony is a video displayed through a projector. The installation was produced as a celebration of the Matrix’s 30-year anniversary. The design was only custom built for one night, but the museum decided to keep the display up for a few months. The requirements for the installation consisted of 15000’ of nylon rope, 4 laser cut acrylic column braces, and 4 videos created by Chris Lael Larson.