Structural engineer Jan Knippers looks through one of the hexagons in a new garden installation created by robots for the V&A Museum. Called Elytra Filament Pavilion, the insallation is the result of four years of research and is made of 40 hexagonal cells created by a robot during a 4-month process. The hexagons are made of carbon fibres and resin-soaked glass. The pavilion was created by experimental architect Achim Menges, Jan Knippers and Thomas Aeur, in a collaboration with the University of Stuttgart.

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