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Jenny Sabin is fascinated by the intersection of architecture and science. The head of her own experimental design studio and a faculty member of Cornell University\u2019s architecture department, Sabin is dedicated to applying insights from biology, physics, engineering and mathematics to architecture and material systems. Her interdisciplinary approach has produced mesmerizing projects including Branching Morphogenesis<\/a>, My Thread Pavilion for Nike NYC<\/a> and Polymorph.<\/p>\n

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Last week, Sabin took the stage at New York\u2019s Cooper Hewitt to discuss her latest project, a Polythread knitted textile pavilion now on view as part of \u201cOn Beauty,\u201d the design museum\u2019s aptly named triennial. Specially commissioned for the exhibition, the lightweight structure uses solar-active threads, three-dimensional shapes and a curvilinear frame inspired by cellular biology. Its high-tech, high-performance surface produces a beautiful photoluminescent light making the entire structure feel like a living, breathing organism inside the gallery space. The pavilion\u2019s delicate, undulating surface reveals the microscopic, digitally made knit work that holds the overall structure together. Knitting, as she pointed out to the audience, was in many ways the original 3D-printing technology.<\/p>\n

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For Sabin, biology and material science are useful conceptual models for design-thinking. As an architect, she asks herself, \u201cHow might architecture respond to issues of ecology and sustainability whereby buildings behave more like organisms in their built environments? What role do humans play in response to changing conditions within the built environment?\u201d<\/p>\n

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Like any biological systems, well-conceived architecture responds to \u2014 and adapts to \u2014 its environment. As museum-visitors observe and react to the work, the work responds to the visitor\u2019s presence \u2014 and to sunlight by changing color. As we adapt to our environment, our environment adapts to us.<\/p>\n

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While the PolyThread project is about aesthetic beauty, levity and play, it\u2019s also a thoughtful investigation into how science can help architects solve issues of sustainability, construction and digital fabrication.<\/p>\n

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