Silk Pavillion

Silk Pavilion II tackles challenges associated with scale and sericulture. At six meters tall and five meters wide, it utilizes a kinetic mandrel designed to guide the natural spinning motion of the silkworms through clockwise rotation, fusing technology and biology to unite the woven and the spun. Oxman explores relationships between digital and biological construction, proposing methods that unite the biologically spun and the robotically woven. Inspired by the silkworm’s ability to generate a three-dimensional cocoon out of a single silk thread.