Aguahoja III is a pavilion robotically manufactured from organic matter that was created by American-Israeli architect and designer Neri Oxman with The Mediated Matter Group.
The structure is being introduced by Oxman today as part of her Dezeen 15 guest editorship, for which she will also join Dezeen's editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs in a live interview at 4:00pm London time.
Aguahoja III is one of three biopolymer pavilions made by Oxman with The Mediated Matter Group to examine how materials that are considered as waste can inform design.
Each structure is made from abundant molecular components found in tree branches, insect exoskeletons and human bones.

From Water to Water
Aguahoja III by Neri Oxman and The Mediated Matter Group In the natural world, water shapes the development of matter, guiding the assembly of molecules into complex structural hierarchies and material compositions. In human-made designs, we attempt to achieve this level of complexity by arranging discrete, homogeneous parts into assemblies made functional by defining geometries in isolation from material composition. Yet, single-material biological systems are known to adapt their chemical compositions to accommodate a variety of structural and environmental requirements, generating variable-property gradients across the surface area and volume of the structure. By drawing upon dynamic, water-based biopolymer materials and incorporating material parameters into instructions for fabrication processes, ...