ELYTRA FILAMENT PAVILION:

Abstract

The Elytra Filament Pavilion is a large scale fiber composite structure at the Victoria and Albert Museum in\nLondon, which showcases the creative potential of integrated design engineering. Expanding upon years of\nresearch conducted at the Institute for Computational Design (ICD) and the Institute for Building Structures and\nStructural Design (ITKE) at the University of Stuttgart, the canopy incorporates a highly differentiated and\nlocally adapted fiber reinforced polymer structure with standard building systems in order to demonstrate a\nfabrication system applicable for large scale architectural applications. The presented paper highlights the\ndevelopments in coreless filament winding processes for this project including: refinements to the production\nsetup, strategies for robotic fiber placement, improvements to structural morphology and performance,\nfunctional integration of connections and architectural potential.