Photo Dave Burk © SOM
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) has erected the Stereoform Slab for this year’s Chicago Architecture Biennial in the city’s West Loop.
The concrete pavilion is a prototype of a single-storey concrete bay found in high-rise buildings. It is built using robotic fabrication methods that the American firm argues is more sustainable than tradition construction methods, and could reduce its carbon footprint.