Biomimetic Architecture Trabeculae by architects Dave Pigram, Iain Maxwell, Brad Rothenberg, and Ezio Blasetti is a new take at the general atrium solution to office buildings. the point of a central atrium (like in that of the Bradbury Building) is to allow light deep into a building, the Trebeculae team argues that if that’s the main point, why not have the atrium chase the sun? Explanation and more images… The team used a Heliotropic branching system to define the shape of the void that eats into the floors of the building. Heliotropism is the phenomena of plants growing over time in the direction of the sun to maximize their energy output. The team took a second pass at the void to create the structural mesh that would lay inside the void and took opportunities to create bridges and meeting rooms embedded off the inner lining of the structure. below is a close up of the more finer structure within. “In the Trabeculae tower, the algorithm represents a potential for difference. also featured on eVolo
Ask Nature - the Biomimicry Design Portal: biomimetics, architecture, biology, innovation inspired by nature, industrial design - Ask Nature - the Biomimicry Design Portal: biomimetics, architecture, biology, innovation inspired by nature, industrial desi Structures minimize materials, maximize strength: organisms "Cylinders curve in one direction, circumferentially--their lengthwise curvature is zero. Here we're talking about structures with their surfaces curved in two directions; and, as pointed out earlier (and implicit in Laplace's law), that double curvature gives greater strength and stiffness for a given investment of material. Maximization of internal volume for a given surface compounds the material economy--for that nothing beats a sphere, and a slight egg-shapedness (spheroidicity) doesn't make things much worse… Nature puts this shape to use in a number of places. Application Ideas: Modern amphorae with bottoms that "roll"; spherical durable packaging; spherical holding tanks to maximize volume for a given surface (reduces material use), communications, utilities, deployable structures. Industrial Sector(s) interested in this strategy: Ceramics, packaging, water supply/sewage treatment
Structural composition provides strength in changing conditions: plants Plantae Plantae Learn more at Organism/taxonomy data provided by: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2008 Annual Checklist Application Ideas: Example of how elements that serve one purpose can be adapted or incorporated to serve a later functional purpose within the same context: e.g., scaffolding that becomes part of a building's frame or materials whose thickness can fluctuate based on changing temperatures or load-bearing requirements. Industrial Sector(s) interested in this strategy: Construction, structural engineering
Photographic Approach in Architectural Visualisation 1.3K Flares Facebook 0 Twitter 65 Pin It Share 47 Google+ 72 LinkedIn 30 inShare30 StumbleUpon 1K Reddit 0 1.3K Flares × Lasse Rode did a remarkable job with his previous articles featured on this blog, and this time is no different. Following the publication of his &tradition renders, I asked Lasse if he can share more of his photographic approach insight to rendering. Although we all seem to compare rendering to photography in the end, I think you’ll learn a thing or two about how to get started with this in mind after reading this article. Ronen asked me to write an article on the photographic approach in visualization after I published my remakes of the &tradition photos done by Jonas Bjerre-Poulsen (who also is the designer of some of the pieces shown, together with his partner Kasper Rønn at NORM architects, Copenhagen). This is why this article ended up being more about setting up an image in general or the rules of thumb I use most of the time. Don’t fear it!
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