14:00 Biomimetics: Bio-inspired Materials and Technologies for the Building Skin
Chair: Anders Nereim, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, USA
Leaf veneration patterns to regulate translucent exothermic material
- Fluidic resistance targeting
- Vasculature fluidic networks
Mark Alston, University of Salford, United Kingdom
Load-responsive skin systems for lightweight architecture
- Functionally graded and topologically optimized integrated skins
- Lightweight load-responsive envelopes inspired by the biological role-model of Trabecular Bone
- Additive manufacturing as a means of fabrication and optimal material organization
Roberto Naboni, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Strategies and possible applications scenarios for bio-inspired building envelopes
- A taxonomic classification of the functional properties of the building envelope
- Information transfer between biology and the functional properties of the building envelope
Enes Yasa, NEU, Konya, Turkey
Biomimicry in architecture: Effect of responsive autonomous architectural envelopes on energy efficiency
- The biomimetic architecture and the kinetic envelope response to the materials thermal behavior
- The energy efficiency and kinetic envelope using bimetallic strip
- Study of the bimetallic strips material reaction to the environmental conditions
Hicham Hadbaoui, Laboratoire Architecture Bioclimatique et Environnement (ABE), Elhamel, Algeria
15:30 Coffee Break