French architects Guihun Choe and Etienne Jaunet designed this elaborate “skyscraper city”, for lack of a better term, that functions more as a skeleton rather than a fully functional building. More images included.
The ESARQ in Barcelona is hosting the International Conference of BioDigital Architecture and Design from June 1st 2011 – June 3rd 2011. We hope anyone in the area can attend. We have posted on work by Dennis Dollens (an active …
Tom Wiscombe is one of the pioneers of emergent architecture, which is rather obvious from his practice entitled “emergent architecture.” Lean more about him and his projects.
Evolo Magazine holds a yearly skyscraper competition. The submissions are always great, Biomimetic Architecture shares our favorite finalist with you and links to the published projects. Enjoy and let us know your favorites in the comments!
Metropolis Magazine’s Next Generation Design Competition has announced their winner for 2011: A scientist that claims to have devised a system to build bricks using bacteria, sand and one commonly found not so convential ingredient: urine.
German firm Sauerbruch Hutton have designed a responsive skin system that breathes like the skin of some organisms, adapting to its immediate environment to act more efficiently.
[ted id=1064] Interesting project suggesting to rebuild the New York Harbor’s ecology with introducing artificial reefs harvesting oysters. Project website here.
[ted id=1072] Michael Pawlyn, the director at Exploration Architecture recently informed us of his TED speech on biomimicry applied to architecture. Great video, a must watch. We posted about the Eden Project he was involved with many months ago, a …
Hart Marlow is an architectural designer from Brooklyn New York scheduled to participate in the Biodynamic Structures Workshop with the AA this coming July along with Michael Mccune. We recently got in contact with him and he shared some insight …
Urban Metabolic Growth is a research attempt at applying the principles that define the growth of organisms to the gradual (or not so gradual) growth of cities and metropolises. Two case studies were adopted: 1. a region in northern China …
