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Corollaria Gyroid
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![](http://www.tumblr.com/share/photo?source=https%3A%2F%2Fn-e-r-v-o-u-s.com%2Fprojects%2Fi.php%3F%2F001%2F488%2FDSC0755%2Clarge.1698332648.jpg&caption=%3Cp%3E%3Cstrong%3E%3Ca href="http%3A%2F%2Fn-e-r-v-o-u-s.com%2Fprojects%2Findex.php%3F%2Falbums%2Fcorollaria-gyroid%2F" title="Corollaria Gyroid"%3ECorollaria Gyroid%3C/a%3E%3C/strong%3E%3C/p%3E%3Cp%3ECorollaria+Gyroid+is+a+sculpture+created+by+Nervous+System+for+the+Albany+International+Airport+which+explores+the+connections+between+mathematics+and+the+natural+world%2C+highlighting+the+presence+of+mathematical+principles+in+biological+structures.+Measuring+almost+7+feet+in+diameter%2C+it+is+made+up+of+121+flat+aluminum+panels+connected+by+1789+rivets+into+an+undulating+surface+perforated+by+morphing+cellular+patterns.+The+surface+represented+is+a+gyroid%2C+a+minimal+surface+discovered+in+1968+by+Alan+Schoen+at+NASA+as+a+purely+mathematical+invention+but+which+was+later+found+in+natural+structures+such+as+the+scales+of+butterfly+wings.+The+cellular+filigree+is+inspired+by+the+patterns+seen+in+plant+cross+sections%2C+bryozoans+and+the+undersides+of+some+mushrooms.+The+design+is+generated+via+a+computational+system+we+invented+which+breaks+a+surface+into+flat+puzzle+piece+panels+that+can+be+assembled+without+any+forming%2C+jigs+or+instructions+into+a+complex+shape.+%3C/p%3E&click_thru=http%3A%2F%2Fn-e-r-v-o-u-s.com%2Fprojects%2Findex.php%3F%2Falbums%2Fcorollaria-gyroid%2F){kind=link}