Biomorphic Structures

Author : Asterios Agkathidis
Publisher : Laurence King Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781780679471
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.75/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Biomorphic Structures written by Asterios Agkathidis and published by Laurence King Publishing. This book was released on 2017-01-31 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From leaves to liquids, caves to crystal formations, nature has always been a major source of inspiration for architects. This book examines how nature can act as a precedent for design solutions through twelve case studies. Packed with computer drawings, sketches, models, and photographs, this will be an ideal resource of ideas for students in their studio work, as well as for practicing architects.

Author : Michael Pawlyn
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000701603
Total Pages : 279 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Biomimicry in Architecture written by Michael Pawlyn and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-08-12 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When searching for genuinely sustainable building design and technology - designs that go beyond conventional sustainability to be truly restorative - we often find that nature got there first. Over 3.5 billion years of natural history have evolved innumerable examples of forms, systems, and processes that can be applied to modern green design. For architects, urban designers and product designers, this new edition of Biomimicry in Architecture looks to the natural world to achieve radical increases in resource efficiency. Packed with case studies predicting future trends, this edition also contains updated and expanded chapters on structures, materials, waste, water, thermal control and energy, as well as an all-new chapter on light. An amazing sourcebook of extraordinary design solutions, Biomimicry in Architecture is a must-read for anyone preparing for the challenges of building a sustainable and restorative future.

Author : Esther Rivas Adrover
Publisher : Laurence King Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1780677952
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Deployable Structures written by Esther Rivas Adrover and published by Laurence King Publishing. This book was released on 2015-09-07 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Deployable structures can expand and contract due to their geometrical, material and mechanical properties – offering the potential to create truly transforming environments. This book looks at the cutting edge of the subject, examining the different types of deployable structures and numerous design approaches. Filled with photographs, models, drawings and diagrams, Deployable Structures is packed with inspirational ideas for architecture students and practitioners.

Author : Asterios Agkathidis
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781786278234
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Author : Chris van Uffelen
Publisher : Braun Publishing AG
ISBN 13 : 9783037682012
Total Pages : 191 pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Blob! written by Chris van Uffelen and published by Braun Publishing AG. This book was released on 2015-01-06 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Always received with a mix of fascination and awe, blob architecture is conquering the metropolises of the world. With their futuristic look - softly rounded at times, boldly curved at others - the buildings stand out from the bulk of urban structures. Whether a classic computer-generated blob, an experiment with new mould-breaking shapes, or in combination with de-constructive elements - the applied cutting-edge technologies and materials are fertile grounds for unlimited creativity. Blob ! Round Shapes, Fluid Forms presents the best contemporary projects from around the world, giving a comprehensive overview of current developments. The projects that were carefully selected for this book are as unique as they are versatile and vivid proof that the fascination of the blob remains as strong as ever.

Author : Asterios Agkathidis
Publisher : Laurence King Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1780679882
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.84/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Generative Design written by Asterios Agkathidis and published by Laurence King Publishing. This book was released on 2016-02-01 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Generating form is one of the most fundamental aspects of architectural education and practice. While new computational tools are enabling ever more unpredictable forms, critics argue that this leads to a disconnection between architectural output and its context. This attractive, pocket-sized book uses 11 different architectural projects to explore how generative design processes can integrate digital as well as physical design tools and techniques to produce innovative forms that cohere with structural and material principles, performance and context. Illustrated with drawings, computer images and models, this stimulating, accessible handbook of ideas provides a guide for students as well as an inspiration for practising architects.

Author : Lorna J. Gibson
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 0521195446
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Cellular Materials in Nature and Medicine written by Lorna J. Gibson and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2010-09-09 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes the structure and mechanics of a wide range of cellular materials in botany, zoology, and medicine.

Author : Ivan A. Parinov
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3031215729
Total Pages : 615 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Physics and Mechanics of New Materials and Their Applications written by Ivan A. Parinov and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2023-01-28 with total page 615 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents 50 selected peer-reviewed contributions from the 10th Anniversary International Conference on “Physics and Mechanics of New Materials and Their Applications”, PHENMA 2021-2022 (23-27 May, 2022, Divnomorsk, Russia), focusing on processing techniques, physics, mechanics, and applications of advanced materials. The book describes a broad spectrum of promising nanostructures, crystal structures, materials, and composites with unique properties. It presents nanotechnological design approaches, environmental-friendly processing techniques, and physicochemical as well as mechanical studies of advanced materials. The selected contributions describe recent progress in computational materials science methods and algorithms (in particular, finite-element and finite-difference modelling) applied to various technological, mechanical, and physical problems. The presented results are important for ongoing efforts concerning the theory, modelling, and testing of advanced materials. Other results are devoted to promising devices with higher accuracy, increased longevity, and greater potential to work effectively under critical temperatures, high pressure, and in aggressive environments.

Author : Francois Blanciak
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 0262026309
Total Pages : 129 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book SITELESS written by Francois Blanciak and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2008-02-29 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An attempt to free architecture from site and program constraints and to counter the profusion of ever bigger architecture books with ever smaller content. Some may call it the first manifesto of the twenty-first century, for it lays down a new way to think about architecture. Others may think of it as the last architectural treatise, for it provides a discursive container for ideas that would otherwise be lost. Whatever genre it belongs to, SITELESS is a new kind of architecture book that seems to have come out of nowhere. Its author, a young French architect practicing in Tokyo, admits he “didn't do this out of reverence toward architecture, but rather out of a profound boredom with the discipline, as a sort of compulsive reaction.” What would happen if architects liberated their minds from the constraints of site, program, and budget? he asks. The result is a book that is saturated with forms, and as free of words as any architecture book the MIT Press has ever published. The 1001 building forms in SITELESS include structural parasites, chain link towers, ball bearing floors, corrugated corners, exponential balconies, radial facades, crawling frames, forensic housing—and other architectural ideas that may require construction techniques not yet developed and a relation to gravity not yet achieved. SITELESS presents an open-ended compendium of visual ideas for the architectural imagination to draw from. The forms, drawn freehand (to avoid software-specific shapes) but from a constant viewing angle, are presented twelve to a page, with no scale, order, or end to the series. After setting down 1001 forms in siteless conditions and embryonic stages, Blanciak takes one of the forms and performs a “scale test,” showing what happens when one of these fantastic ideas is subjected to the actual constraints of a site in central Tokyo. The book ends by illustrating the potential of these shapes to morph into actual building proportions.

Author : Mi Jeong Kim
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
ISBN 13 : 2889662608
Total Pages : 153 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Towards Users’ Optimal and Pleasurable Experience in Smart Environments written by Mi Jeong Kim and published by Frontiers Media SA. This book was released on 2020-12-23 with total page 153 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This eBook is a collection of articles from a Frontiers Research Topic. Frontiers Research Topics are very popular trademarks of the Frontiers Journals Series: they are collections of at least ten articles, all centered on a particular subject. With their unique mix of varied contributions from Original Research to Review Articles, Frontiers Research Topics unify the most influential researchers, the latest key findings and historical advances in a hot research area! Find out more on how to host your own Frontiers Research Topic or contribute to one as an author by contacting the Frontiers Editorial Office: frontiersin.org/about/contact.