Biomimetic Research for Architecture and Building Construction

1. Biomimetic Research: A Dialogue Between the Disciplines
Jan Knippers, Thomas Speck, Klaus G. Nickel

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’
Jan Knippers

3. Bionics and Biodiversity – Bio-inspired Technical Innovation for a Sustainable Future
Wilhelm Barthlott, M. Daud Rafiqpoor, Walter R. Erdelen

4. Insect-Inspired Architecture: Insects and Other Arthropods as a Source for Creative Design in Architecture
Stanislav N. Gorb, Elena V. Gorb

5. In Search of Some Principles of Bio-mimetics in Structural Engineering
Bill Addis

6. Fundamentals of Heat and Mass Transport in Frost-Resistant Plant Tissues
Lukas Eurich, Rena Schott, Arndt Wagner, Anita Roth-Nebelsick, Wolfgang Ehlers

7. Plants and Animals as Source of Inspiration for Energy Dissipation in Load Bearing Systems and Facades
Katharina Klang, Georg Bauer, Nicu Toader, Christoph Lauer, Kathrin Termin, Stefanie Schmier, Daria Kovaleva, Walter Haase, Christoph Berthold, Klaus G. Nickel, Thomas Speck, Werner Sobek

8. Adaptive Stiffness and Joint-Free Kinematics: Actively Actuated Rod-Shaped Structures in Plants and Animals and Their Biomimetic Potential in Architecture and Engineering
Oliver Betz, Annette Birkhold, Marco Caliaro, Benjamin Eggs, Anja Mader, Jan Knippers, Oliver Röhrle, Olga Speck

9. Compliant Mechanisms in Plants and Architecture
Simon Poppinga, Axel Körner, Renate Sachse, Larissa Born, Anna Westermeier, Linnea Hesse, Jan Knippers, Manfred Bischoff, Götz T. Gresser, Thomas Speck

10. Branched Structures in Plants and Architecture
Larissa Born, Florian A. Jonas, Katharina Bunk, Tom Masselter, Thomas Speck, Jan Knippers, Götz T. Gresser

11. The Skeleton of the Sand Dollar as a Biological Role Model for Segmented Shells in Building Construction: A Research Review
Tobias B. Grun, Layla Koohi Fayegh Dehkordi, Tobias Schwinn, Daniel Sonntag, Malte Scheven, Manfred Bischoff, Jan Knippers, Achim Menges, James H. Nebelsick

12. Continuous Fused Deposition Modelling of Architectural Envelopes Based on the Shell Formation of Molluscs: A Research Review
James H. Nebelsick, Christoph Allgaier, Benjamin Felbrich, Daniel Coupek, Renate Reiter, Günter Reiter, Achim Menges, Armin Lechler, Karl-Heinz Wurst

13. Analysis of Physcomitrella Chloroplasts to Reveal Adaptation Principles Leading to Structural Stability at the Nano-Scale
Pouyan Asgharzadeh, Bugra Özdemir, Stefanie J. Müller, Oliver Röhrle, Ralf Reski

14. Developing the Experimental Basis for an Evaluation of Scaling Properties of Brittle and ‘Quasi-Brittle’ Biological Materials
Stefanie Schmier, Christoph Lauer, Immanuel Schäfer, Katharina Klang, Georg Bauer, Marc Thielen, Kathrin Termin, Christoph Berthold, Siegfried Schmauder, Thomas Speck, Klaus G. Nickel

15. Evolutionary Processes as Models for Exploratory Design
Long Nguyen, Daniel Lang, Nico Gessel, Anna K. Beike, Achim Menges, Ralf Reski, Anita Roth-Nebelsick

16. Fabrication of Biomimetic and Biologically Inspired (Modular) Structures for Use in the Construction Industry
Daniel Coupek, Daria Kovaleva, Hans Christof, Karl-Heinz Wurst, Alexander Verl, Werner Sobek, Walter Haase, Götz T. Gresser, Armin Lechler

17. Structural Design with Biological Methods: Optimality, Multi-functionality and Robustness
Debdas Paul, Layla Koohi Fayegh Dehkordi, Malte Scheven, Manfred Bischoff, Nicole Radde

18. Bio-inspired Sustainability Assessment – A Conceptual Framework
Rafael Horn, Johannes Gantner, Ludmila Widmer, Klaus Peter Sedlbauer, Olga Speck

19. Making Life “Visible”: Organism Concepts in Biology and Architecture as the Basis for an Interdisciplinary Synopsis of Constructional Biomimetics
Gerd Bruyn, Oliver Betz, James H. Nebelsick, Manfred Drack, Mirco Limpinsel

20. Perceptual Orientation and Spatial Navigation in Dense Urban Environments
Patrik Schumacher

Keywords: Life Sciences, Life Sciences, general