Biomimetic Research for Architecture and Building Construction

Jan Knippers (corresponding editor), University of Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany Klaus G. Nickel, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, GermanyThomas Speck, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany

• 1. Biomimetic Research: a Dialogue Between the Disciplines.- 2. From Minimal Surfaces to Integrative Structures – The SFB-TRR 141 in the Light of the Legacy of Frei Otto and the SFB 230 ‘Natürliche Konstruktionen’.- 3. Bionics and Biodiversity – Bio-inspired Technical Innovation for a Sustainable Future.- 4. Insect-Inspired Architecture – Insects and other arthropods as a source for creative design in architecture.- 5. In Search of some Principles of Bio-Mimetics in Structural Engineering.- 6. Fundamentals of Heat and Mass Transport in Frost-Resistant Plant Tissues.- 7. Plants and Animals as Source of Inspiration for Energy Dissipation in Load Bearing Systems and Facades.- 8. Adaptive Stiffness and Joint-Free Kinematics – Actively Actuated Rod-Shaped Structures in Plants and Animals and their Biomimetic Potential in Architecture and Engineering.- 9. Compliant Mechanisms in Plants and Architecture.- 10. Branched Structures in Plants and Architecture.- 11. The Skeleton of the Sand Dollar as a Biological Role Model for Segmented Shells in Building Construction: a Research Review .- 12. Continuous Fused Deposition Modelling of Architectural Envelopes Based on the Shell Formation of Molluscs: a Research Review.- 13. Analysis of Physcomitrella Chloroplasts to Reveal Adaption Principles Leading to Structural Stability at the Nano-Scale.- 14.Developing the Experimental Basis for an Evaluation of Scaling Properties of Brittle and "Quasi-Brittle" Biological Materials.- 15.Evolutionary Processes as Models for Exploratory Design.- 16.Fabrication of Biomimetic and Biologically Inspired (Modular) Structures for Use in the Construction Industrie.- 17. Structural Design with Biological Methods: Optimality, Multi-Functionality and Robustness.- 18. Bio-Inspired Sustainability Assessment – a Conceptual Framework.- 19.Making Life “Visible”: Organism Concepts in Biology and Architecture as the Basis for an Interdisciplinary Synopsis of Constructional Biomimetics.- 20. Perceptual Orientation and Spatial Navigation in Dense Urban Environments