Greg Lynn’s Blobwall Pavillion

I went downtown to Sci-Arc on Friday for the opening of theoretical architect Greg Lynn’s new Blobwall exhibition. What’s a blobwall? According to MoCo Loco, it’s, well, a blob. Made of interlocking modular trilobal “blob units” constructed robotically out of a “low-density, recyclable, impact-resistant polymer,” the Blobwall provides an unusual alternative to a traditional building material: the brick. It sounds fancy and complicated— but it’s really just a big, weird, candy-colored sculpture that looks cool. The Blobwall is surrounded by a series of plastic orbs sticking out of the gallery walls, encasing Lynn’s personal collection of robot-themed toys. Check out my pictures from the show after the jump!

Update: Apparently, the Blobwall completely collapsed just hours after these photos were taken. Damn unreliable construction robots!


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  • sweet! though it seems like the “interlocking” part coulda been more seamless, given the machine process. Still wouldn’t mind one in my house though. A blob-cave workstation would be nice…


  • Yeah, according to my friend who worked on the project, Lynn himself went yachting for the month of May and left all the actual construction work to the Sci-Arc students, leading to the cheap glue-job. But it’s still cool.


  • Ben Levaton things he saw you in a gum commercial on television. Is this true!?


  • *ahem–thinks