Echinoidean dreams
This is the new research pavilion of this year released by ICD/ITKE. An absolutely exquisite piece made of plywood and other textiles, all between the low and high-tech biomimetics! Their model: Echinoidea […]
This is the new research pavilion of this year released by ICD/ITKE. An absolutely exquisite piece made of plywood and other textiles, all between the low and high-tech biomimetics! Their model: Echinoidea […]
Between vernacular and the high-technological architecture lies a new way of natural design: Bio-architecture. Mexican architect Javier Senosiain has been designing pieces that bring the invisibility that rural and urban spaces […]
1.LEARNING FROM THE OCTOPUS by Rafe Sagarin This outstanding book reveals with mastery how to respond to the ever-present risk and danger. Sagarin renders how the wisdom of marine animals […]
Modern buildings with floor-to-ceiling windows give spectacular views, but they require a lot of energy to cool. Doris Kim Sung works with thermo-bimetals, smart materials that act more like human […]
Retiree Walter R. Tschinkel is an entomologist and former professor of Biological Science at Florida State University. He recognizes ants as “some of nature’s grand architects” and, curious to understand […]
The Theme Pavilion designed by Soma Architecture from Vienna, Austria, is one of the central buildings of the Expo 2012 in Yeosu, South Korea. The main entrance and the side […]
The winning bid for the design of the Olympic village in Rio is based on the shape of tropical flowers, and is designed to be replaced with more needed buildings […]
The School of Architecture at Saarland University in Saarbrücken, Germany, have lead a collaborative research project into bionic inspired wooden shell structures. They have designed and built a temporary pavilion, […]
ORNILUX is a specially developed impact-resistant insulated glass that can be used in all window or facade installations, just like conventional insulated glass. The Max Planck Institute for Ornithology supported […]
The Hylozoic Ground experimental architecture series developed by architect Philip Beesley has been expanded and refined by researchers, engineers and designers from around the world. It is an immersive, […]