Day 1, Session Block B2
16:30 Biomimetics for the Building Envelope
Chair: Estelle Cruz, CEEBIOS - French Network in Biomimetics, Paris, France
A framework for bio-inspired façade design
- Applying ecological principles to façade design
- Developing adaptive façade systems
- Critical analysis of biomimicry approach to façade design
Feedback of bio-inspired projects in real estate
- Feedback on competition project in Paris
- Towards a multidisciplinary teams
- Integrating an ecosystemic approach
Composite lightweight structures based on biological principles
- Biological role models for lightweight structures
- Integrative design approach with multiple criteria
- Validation of design approach by building large-scale pavilions
A bio-inspired solution to raise the efficiency of kinetic façades
- Climate-adaptative façades
- Thermobimetal materials
- Integration of solar cells within kinetic façades
Quantitative evaluation of bio-inspired building skins
- Characterization of bio-inspired building skins
- Analysis grid to assess the regulation performance
- Quantitative evaluation
Brief Presentation
BRANE Architecture - Skin and bones as one
18:00 End of Conference Day 1