6 BiomimicryCases Around the World

By Seyedmohammad Taghavi

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2. The TWA terminal at John F Kennedy Airport, New York, in which Eero Saarinen used biomorphic forms to capture the poetry of flight

3. Frank Lloyd Wright likened the columns in the Johnson Wax building to water lilies and, while they create a spectacular space, they have nothing functionally in common with lily leaves

4. Le Corbusier, possibly the greatest symbolist architect of all time, appears to have made deliberate reference to the cleansing function of kidneys in the design of the washrooms for the unbuilt Olivetti Headquarters project5. The Iglesia Christa Obero designed by Eladio Dieste

6. Burdock burr were the source of inspiration for George de Mestral – the Swiss engineer who invented Velcro. Apparently after some recent frustration with zips, he noticed the way that burdock burrs clung to his dog’s coat and, after studying them with a magnifying glass, designed the first version of the now ubiquitous fastening

• Biomimicry’s Cool Alternative: Eastgate Centre in ZimbabweThe Eastgate Centre in Harare, Zimbabwe, typifies the best of green architecture and ecologically sensitive adaptation. The country’s largest office and shopping complex is an architectural marvel in its use of biomimicry principles. The mid-rise building, designed by architect Mick Pearce in conjunction with engineers at Arup Associates, has no conventional air-conditioning or heating, yet stays regulated year round with dramatically less energy consumption using design methods inspired by indigenous Zimbabwean masonry and the self-cooling mounds of African termites!

Staying Cool Hesam Andalib told Fastco. Design that the snail has remarkable qualities that

has allowed it to stay both cool and moist in even the harshest temperatures. He and the rest of the design team found its form, the material of its shell, and its coping strategies to be qualities worth emulating in architecture.

To mimic the curvature of the snail’s shell, the students created crescent shaped panels that overlap one another. These prevent excess sunlight from penetrating the interior and its off-white color is thought to reflect sunlight.

Like the snail, which retreats far into the depths of its shell when the sun blazes, residents of this desert dwelling (if it is built) can escape the heat by tunneling further into the building’s recess. The further the reach, the cooler the interior – like a cave.

In case this sounds too good to be true, the students tested their ideas using Ecotect Building Analysis. Unsurprisingly, they found that the design works and the home would be perfectly comfortable without air conditioning in even the most formidable heat.

And we would be remiss if we didn’t mention how exciting it is for Iranian designers to win such a respected prize when the rest of the world is waiting with bated breath for the country to self-destruct.

Smart paints, which use a self- cleaning technique borrowed from lotus leaves, also another example for solution-based approach where the Lotus leaf was the point of departure for the design. The information here was found in communication level that depends on the relationships between the organism and its living community. The paint surface takes the shape of densely packed ridges or bumps, just like the bumps found on lotus leaves. A property of such tiny bumps is that they prevent water drops from spreading out and the drops roll off the surface instead, taking the dirt with them

Have you ever wondered how things in nature generally look so clean? You don't see janitors out there in the woods, afterall, dusting off the trees. People use toxic detergents and costly cleaning treatments, but Nature employs a cleaning strategy as environmentally benign and energy efficient as it is strikingly ingenious. Imagine waking up, stepping outside, shaking your body a little bit, and heading off to your daily routine as clean as if you'd taken a shower. Because that's how Nature cleans; it takes what might be called a gravity shower. The leaves of many plants, large-winged insects, most water birds, and other organisms capitalize on basic physical characteristics in the way surfaces of materials interact, achieving cleanliness effortlessly and without detergents.

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One of these designs is the FAZ Pavilion which located in the city centre of Frankfurt; the summer pavilion provides an interior extension of this popular public space. It responds to weather changes based on a relatively simple material element that is at the same time responsive structure, embedded sensor, no-energy motor and regulating element. The surface is fully opened on sunny days with relatively low ambient humidity. Once it begins to rain the related increase in relative ambient humidity triggers a rapid, autonomous response and the structure closes and forms a weatherproof skin.

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From the ceiling to the floor, interface floor transformation carpeting works by mimicking the random colours and patterns found on a forest floor, r a pebble beach using different coloured carpet tiles. Rather than having a uniform colour, the tiles embrace random design, making it easy to replace a single tile rather than replacing the whole carpet, if one gets damaged or worn. It also offers fantastic creative opportunities.

• Benefits of random tiles and non-directional installations:

• Increased flexibility

• Quick to install• Less waste• Longer life cycle• Easy to

maintain and repair

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