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As cool as this is, I think space architecture should be made of bubbles, not metal cans (even cool geodesic origami cans.)
If you look at the spittle bug's nest: https://duckduckgo.com/?t=ffsb&q=spittlebug+nest&iax=images&... Spittle bugs create a dollop of foam and live inside it.
You make bubbles of several different sizes and nest them inside each other to make a kind of fractal spittle bug nest. The smaller bubbles serve as "vacuoles" within the larger bubbles.
I don't have the time/energy to go through the whole concept this morning but I'll summarize some of the main points: Bubbles are easy to make. The fractal structure is more resilient to damage and easy to repair. It's safer ("Yo dawg, I heard you like space stations so I put space stations in your space station!")