Digital Fabrication Lab (DFL) at the University of Tokyo, Department of Architecture was founded in 2011 to explore innovative fabrication techniques in Architecture employing digital tools and technologies. DFL seeks to develop and speculate new knowledge for architecture where the practice of design engages both social constructs and material performance.
They have designed a unique and temporary pavilion. Constructed of prestressed cables and compressive steel components, the pavilion is built upon Buckminster Fuller’s principles of tensegrity. The pavilion was titled “Ninety-Nine Failures” after its experimental approach and adherence to the idea that repeated failures are the gateway to success.
