Preface

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter 1
2. Contents 5
3. Preface 6
4. Why biomimetics? 8
5. Everything Moves
6. Introduction 12
7. Plants In Action 14
8. Movement Without Joints: (How) Does It Work? 22
9. No Joint Ailments: How Plants Move And Inspire Technology 32
10. From Pure Research To Biomimetic Products: The Flectofold Facade Shading Device 42
11. Lightweight Versatility: Structure Instead Of Mass
12. Introduction 52
13. Reliably Withstanding High Loads 54
14. Freezing: The Right Way 74
15. Nature As Source Of Ideas For Modern Manufacturing Methods 84
16. Rosenstein Pavilion: a lightweight concrete shell based on principles of biological structures 92
17. Elegance And Lightness: Bio-Inspired Domes
18. Introduction 102
19. Building principles and structural design of sea urchins: examples of bio-inspired constructions 104
20. Potential applications of segmented shells in architecture 116
21. Snails as living 3D printers: free forms for the architecture of tomorrow 126
22. Evolutive approaches to explorative design methods in architecture 134
23. Branched Load Support Systems
24. Introduction 142
25. From plant branchings to technical support structures 144
26. New branched loadbearing structures in architecture 153
27. The plastid skeleton: a source of ideas in the nano range 163
28. Abstracting instead of copying: in search of the formula for success 167
29. Functionalist, organic, and biomimetic architecture 172
30. The biomimetic promise 180
31. Appendix 188