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Biomimicry: Weaver Ant April - August 2019 , Studio SA 3 Tutor : Lee Weoi Min
The Genius of Nature. It is the beginning of life, of everything on earth in fact. Yet how much do humans know about nature, about the workings of your body, which is a genius of nature itself. In this abstract world, this material world, this technological world, how far are we removed from the source and how much have we strayed?
Site Investigation
Walkthrough Video
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3 Description The life cycle of the ant has four stages : egg pupa and adult. The queen ant starts the ant’s nests / colonies. She flies and searches for mates. She can mate with one or a few males ( one at a time ) in the air , or on low vegitation , or on the gound. Once mated , she looks for a nest site , either on the trees or open fields , once mated she gets rid of her wings seals herself into a small chamber . The qeen chamber is located in the main chamber , and her eggs are distributed to all other nests where workers and soliders are found . She Spends her life laying eggs , the workers are females and do their work in the nest
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MACRO SITE PLAN
MICRO SITE PLAN
SITE PLAN
1. Being environmentally friendly
2. Facade Consideration
3. Organic-ness
5. Structural system
6. The layers and connectivity of leafs
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4. Rainwater harvesting
Concept
The concept of the biomimicry is to to emulate nature in every aspect; in order to enhance and improve its design. This makes sense because nature has had billions of years to perfect its designs to all that the weather, environment and climate will throw at it. Through learning from how ants live and work . Hence, the intent of this project is to provide an eďŹƒcient settlement that emphasizes on the idea of interapplication , symmetry , dynamism, flatness , cross-bracing and weaving It also takes into consideration on how ants build a hive based on the 3 principles of shelter to ants , which are , Artificial relief , Source of water , Source of material .
Principles of Shelter to ants :
Artificial Relief
Source of Water
Source of Material
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Interior living space
Weaver Kingdom exterior
Programme
Social dwelling
Worker’s dwelling
The programme of this overall architecture lies with the 3 iteration / types of leaf which are : Social dwelling space, Worker’s dwelling space and Soldier’s dwelling space. All of the leafs are designed based on the charactersitics of a typical weaver ant hive. Which is most cases these dwelling spaces have to depend on one another for survival Their placement in the weaver ant kingom also varies acording to the hierarchical context; which the type of role in this case their positions as an ant dictate their size of living spaces and the food they eat .
Sodier ‘s dwelling
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Structural Consideration :
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