physical / Deployable structures / Architecture
MECON
A deployable pavilion that transforms a cube into a truncated octahedron.
About the project
Developed at the University of Malta for the IASS Symposium pavilion competition, MECON explores a changing structural geometry made from six square and eight hexagonal faces. Its connections allow the structure to collapse into a cube.
The pavilion was exhibited at the Muziekgebouw in Amsterdam in 2015. The work combines geometric modelling, connection design, physical prototyping and actuation.
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