A beehive as a case study for additive digital fabrication? By IAAC | Published: OCTOBER 24, 2010
Bees One can see bees as perfect, small machines fabricating with high precision wax honeycombs to protect their larvae and store honey and pollen. They are ‘programmed’ to reproduce in an endless series a very optimised structure of hexagonal cells with very thin walls. This construction is fabricated by bees producing their own construction material and applying it in a geometrically perfect structure which optimises material consumption. The closed end of the honeycomb is also perfect in terms of material and space use (section of a rhombic dodecahedra) and gives rigidity to the whole structure.
Hexagon Pattern Of Beehive Tile
Hexagon Construction Of Beehive Tile
Beehive Tower is a Honeycomb Inspired Vertical Farm for London by Yuka Yoneda, 10/25/10
This greenery filled Beehive Tower for Heron Quay, London is a vertical farm inspired by the hexagonal forms of the honeycomb. Designed by Rory Newel & Lucy Richardson, the 220m high ‘Hive' is a place for green thumbs to reside and to cultivate all kinds of plants, especially edible ones. The structure features a number of sustainable systems such as an army of wind turbines that sits atop it and a rainwater collection system to water the crops within it. it The aim of the Beehive Tower is to provide the Cana Canary ry Wharf community of city dwellers a place to garden and live. The tower’s hexagonal mega structural lattice contains greenhouse spaces that also servee as a place for people to meet and socialize. Each hexagon is 8 stories high and contains 8 duplex apartments. A number of the hex cavities are dedicated to gardening and face in different directions so that each element gets a fair share of sun. Atop the tower, fourteen Quiet Revolution QR QR12 turbines collect enough wind to generate 420,000kWh kWh a year. In addition, rainwater ccollection and perma culture systems would make the watering needs of the tower sustainable.
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Origami Of Hexagon Construction Of Beehive
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