AAU Anastas and GSA Research Laboratory use digital technologies to create self-supporting stone pavilion .

Three hundred individually cut and mutually supporting stone pieces form this latticed canopy in Jericho, which was developed as a prototype to demonstrate new possibilities for building with stone.

“It relies on novel computational simulation and fabrication techniques in order to present a modern stone construction technique as part of a local and global architectural language.”

The pavilion covers a surface area of 60 square metres and spans seven metres with a constant thickness of 12 centimetres.

The interlocking stones are laid in a geometric pattern that forms a minimal surface. The self-supporting structure is influenced by techniques used to build arches and domes found in many of the region’s traditional buildings.

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