Greg Lynn’s Blobwall Pavillion
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I went downtown to Sci-Arc on Friday for the opening of theoretical architect Greg Lynn‘s new Blobwall exhibition. What’s a blobwall? According to MoCo Loco, it’s, well, a blob. Made of interlocking modular trilobal “blob units” constructed robotically out of a “low-density, recyclable, impact-resistant polymer,” the Blobwall provides an unusual alternative to a traditional building material: the brick. It sounds fancy and complicated– but it’s really just a big, weird, candy-colored sculpture that looks cool. The Blobwall is surrounded by a series of plastic orbs sticking out of the gallery walls, encasing Lynn’s personal collection of robot-themed toys. Check out my pictures from the show after the jump!
Update: Apparently, the Blobwall completely collapsed just hours after these photos were taken. Damn unreliable construction robots!
sweet! though it seems like the “interlocking” part coulda been more seamless, given the machine process. Still wouldn’t mind one in my house though. A blob-cave workstation would be nice…
Yeah, according to my friend who worked on the project, Lynn himself went yachting for the month of May and left all the actual construction work to the Sci-Arc students, leading to the cheap glue-job. But it’s still cool.
Ben Levaton things he saw you in a gum commercial on television. Is this true!?
*ahem–thinks