Posts Tagged ‘biomimetic’

Flight Assembled Architecture

Flight Assembled Architecture is a demonstration project that exhibits research conducted on flying machine enabled construction by ETH Zürich professor Raffaello D’Andrea and architects Gramazio & Kohler. The first installation to be built by flying machines, Flight Assembled Architecture...

January 20th, 2012 | feature, interactive | Read More

Ambient Glow Technology

Ambient Glow Technology (AGT) is a proprietary blend of non-shrinking, extremely hard polyester resin and photoluminescent pigment. Exhibiting extremely high luminosity, AGT was specifically formulated for use in decorative concrete, concrete, stucco, plasters, cementitious overlays, terrazzo, and epoxy...

October 28th, 2011 | feature, plastic | Read More

Eco-Cement

Developed by John Harrison of TecEco, Eco-Cement is made by blending reactive magnesium oxide with conventional hydraulic cements. Mimicking nature, Eco-Cement concretes absorb large amounts of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere in order to harden into materials used for the built environment. As Eco-Cements...

June 21st, 2011 | concrete, feature | Read More

It

Jakob + MacFarlane, the Paris-based architects known for their Georges Restaurant at the top of the Centre Pompidou, have designed a form of seating called “It” which is inspired by organic structures. Made from hand-shaped and fire-lacquered resins with a high-gloss finish, It seating has...

June 9th, 2011 | plastic | Read More

Self-Repairing Matrices

The fact that structural damage can go undetected in many materials means that some products are often over-engineered. However, substances that can provide information about their internal stresses—as well as trigger reliable self-healing properties—allow manufacturers to be more confident in using...

May 1st, 2011 | feature, plastic | Read More

SOUND Wall

The NONdesigns SOUND Wall, designed by Scott Franklin and Miao Miao, is a modular system of interactive tiles used to create wall surfaces that alter their texture and light qualities based on environmental stimuli. With every sound produced by its audience, the SOUND Wall responds by opening its “skin,”...

April 8th, 2011 | feature, textile | Read More

Raycounting

Raycounting is a method for generating form by registering the intensity and orientation of light rays. 3D surfaces of double curvature are the result of assigning light parameters to flat planes. Developed by Neri Oxman, the algorithm calculates the intensity, position and direction of one, or multiple,...

February 18th, 2011 | digifab, feature | Read More

Pneumocell

Pneumocell is an assembly-kit consisting of inflatable building elements analogous to biological cell-structures, which can be connected in numerous combinations to form complete constructions. By specifying a common polygonal edge length for all of the cells, designer Thomas Herzig has ensured that...

November 26th, 2010 | feature, plastic | Read More

Vault-Structured Metal

Numerous phenomena can be observed in nature that are the result of controlled self-organization. Bionic vault-structuring is a method to generate a three-dimensional pattern in metallic sheets. Thanks to the controlled self-organization arrangement, a minimum of plastic deformation is required for forming...

September 24th, 2010 | feature, metals | Read More

CarbonCoat

Geckos possess the remarkable ability to climb vertical walls without using any adhesive glue. A gecko’s feet are covered by tiny hairs that stick to rough and smooth surfaces using van der Waals forces. Inspired by the gecko design, Ali Dhinojwala and researchers at the University of Akron have...

May 15th, 2010 | feature, metals | Read More