Expression of Interest Group Members Stella Tanaja _376308 Emilie Sultana_389396 Duojia Zheng_392222 Ning Chien _355126
Contents a case for biomimicry.. why hexagons.. a case study.. the beehive.. matrices.. parametrics..
BIOMIMICRY “
a new science that studies nature’s models and then imitates or takes inspiration from these designs and processes to solve human problems.
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-Benyus,
1997
Bio mimicry in design has aided in the development of more efficient, sustainable and unique design outcomes. By emulating patterns, forms and systems that have already evolved and survived the test of time in the natural world. By embracing what nature has to teach, we can achieve more advanced outcomes. Wyndham city has a stronger relationship with the nature world having a number of natural beauties including the Werribee River K Road Cliffs, Point Cook Coastal Park, Heathdale Wetlands and the Victoria State Rose Garden. Many issues we face today have already been solved in the natural world, and by utilizing these solutions and replicating these systems, we can create a gateway for Wyndham City that demonstrates their commitment to seeking economical design solutions while paying tribute to Wyndham city’s natural beauty.
Biomimicry has been used across a vast field of disciplines to achieve innovative outcomes by engaging in this discourse we seek to archive the same in the design of the Wyndham City Gateway. Jaseph Paxton designed the crystal palace in 1851 based of the structure of water Lillie’s while George de Mestral created Velcro after observing how burdock seeds attached to his clothes. Nissan recently developed the BR23C micro robotic car which included a safety system modeled on the structure and inner workings of a bee’s eye. Nature has vinspired many creation including the Ark Hotel concept which was designed by Remistudio and is a shell inspired biosphere that is completely self sustainable and can be constructed from prefabricated elements within three to four months while withstanding tidal waves, earthquakes and other natural disasters. maining of the cutting edge of technology and design.
ICT/ITKE research pavillion 2010 This project explores the architectural transfer of biological principles of the sea urchin’s plate skeleton morphology by means of computer-based design and simulation methods. Computer-controlled manufacturing methods were used for the creation of 6.5mm panels that form the pavilions shell. The skeletal shell of the sand dollar is a modular system of polygonal plates, which are linked together at the edges by finger-like calcite protrusions. The particular geometric arrangement of the plates and their joining system allows for a high load bearing capacity. This project is successful because it utilises the biological system to create a efficient use of materials without compromising structural strength.
THE BIRDS NEST Beijing national stadium Beijing National Stadium was designed by Swiss architects Herzog & de Meuron and is a great use of biometrics. The stadium rises out of the landscape to replicate a giant upturned bird’s nest. The building itself has become icon in the community and has been hailed a marvel of design. For this simple reason this stadium can be viewed as a great success. We hope to achieve a design of a similar icon standard for the Wyndam city gateway.
THE Water Cube Beijing national aquatic centre Taking the structure of soap bubbles as inspiration (and mimicking nature’s way of filling 3-d space most efficiently), PTW Architects and Arup gave the Cube an elegant, lightweight design: a rectangular box covered in iridescent bubble wrap. The 100,000 square meters of the Teflonlike translucent plastic ETFE that make up the building’s bubble cladding allow in more solar heat than glass, making it easier to heat the building, and resulting in a 30 percent reduction in energy costs. The futuristic LED-lit bubbles not only act as adjustable insulators, turning the building into a greenhouse, but also serve as storehouses for warm air that can be pumped into the Cube as needed.
1.Aesthetic property, hexagons can be used to create elegant interlocking patterns. 2. Can create curve surface 3. Structural property, the lattice system created by hexagons have strong bonds. In fact the hexagon lattice is the molecule structure of some diamonds 4. The hexagon grid has been used throughout history to produce tiles, or breakdown space efficently. This is because hexagons are one of the most efficent tessalating shapes.
Case study The Spanish Pavillion We have selected the spanish pavilion as the basis for our design because it instantly reminded us of a beehive. We could see the inspiration of the beehive through the hexigrid system and we attempted to replicate this in our model
Sailboat model Black and white image of sailboat is being inputed into the definition. The ‘sailboat’ image is inputted to influence the extrusion levels, colour and radius of the internal hexagons to produce a pattern that mimics the image itself. We propose using the same technique with images from the Wyndam city community to produce the gateway.
Beehive Definition Our definition can be adapted to mimic any image we input into the image sampler allowing us to create a design completely unique and personally significant to Wyndahm city.
Matrices
A Case for Parametrics Through the use of parametric design we are able to create a definition that can change and adapt to constraints and become specific to Wyndham city. By adapting parametrics with biomimicry we can take the best elements of a natural system that we observe and alter the constraints on the system to make it relevent to our design and specific to the Wyndham city location.