Lamella structures are created using many pieces of the exact same member shape and connection.   So 1000 pieces of something and stacked in a certain manner...

You can imagine it can get pretty big depending on the size of the individual beams and the quantity.   Here a pic with my RISD class a few years back that we built together from sticks I cut in my basement and eye hooks to temporarily hold the pieces together...

I wrote about the physics of this system as well... Published “Infinite Load Path?” October 2007 Structure Magazine if interested.