Special issue on Bioinspired Architectural and Architected Materials

Guest Editor

Peter Fratzl Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Potsdam, Germany

Christiane Sauer Weißensee School of Art and Design, Berlin

Khashayar Razghandi Excellence Cluster Matters of Activity, Humboldt University Berlin

Architectic Materials
Copyright: Weissensee Kunsthochschule Berlin / Rapp, Unger

Scope

Architecture stands as a paradigm for structural entities. Structures at all scales define the functionality of materials from the nanoscale to entire buildings. However, the distinction between structure and material becomes totally blurred in biological systems, where it is impossible to distinguish between material and device or organ. A tree stem, as a prototypical example, is both material and plant organ with specific biological functions. Partially inspired by this, there are recent parallel movements - in materials development as well as in architectural design - towards the merging of materiality, structure and function into one integral construction system.

Bioinspiration in conjunction with new digitally based design and fabrication methods is starting to transform both disciplines, architecture and materials science, towards a fundamentally novel approach. On the one hand, material systems and structures can now be designed specifically for a purpose and become active elements utilizing material properties to full capacities. On the other hand, new concepts for structural building elements or functional facade devices aim at efficient solutions for material use. As building activities and accordingly energy and material consumption will rise dramatically with the growth of our global population, bioinspired concepts will bear the key to a more sustainable approach.

Material properties are traditionally defined by chemical composition and processing of the material. In recent years, additional structures have been introduced by 3D- fabrication and other techniques to create architected materials with new types of properties. Examples for architected materials are smart composites, metamaterials, cellular materials, trusses, granular or digital materials and many more. The consequence of this development is that, except for a matter of scale, there is potential convergence of materials science and architectural design through the interplay of materiality and structure.

This Special Issue focuses on the various aspects of Bioinspired Architectural and Architected Materials and all aspects defining functionality through structures at all scales. The Guest Editors are seeking to bring these two research fields, which have so much in common, closer together. Ideally, this issue will provide a knowledge base for more interdisciplinary research between Architecture and Materials Science based on Bioinspiration.

Editorial

Papers

Open access
Towards a transformational eco-metabolistic bio-based design framework in architecture

Mette Ramsgaard Thomsen and Martin Tamke 2022 Bioinspir. Biomim. 17 045005

Biomimetic bi-material designs for additive manufacturing

A Rahimizadeh et al 2022 Bioinspir. Biomim. 17 046006

Open access
Self-organized rod undulations on pre-stretched textiles

Lorenzo Guiducci et al 2022 Bioinspir. Biomim. 17 036007

Open access
Fully-printed metamaterial-type flexible wings with controllable flight characteristics

Igor Zhilyaev et al 2022 Bioinspir. Biomim. 17 025002

Bioinspired design and optimization for thin film wearable and building cooling systems

Jonathan Grinham et al 2022 Bioinspir. Biomim. 17 015003

Anisotropic porous ceramic material with hierarchical architecture for thermal insulation

Nifang Zhao et al 2022 Bioinspir. Biomim. 17 015002

Bioinspired translation of classical music into de novo protein structures using deep learning and molecular modeling

Mario Milazzo et al 2022 Bioinspir. Biomim. 17 015001

Open access
Designing architectural materials: from granular form to functional granular material

Karola Dierichs and Achim Menges 2021 Bioinspir. Biomim. 16 065010

Bamboo's tissue structure facilitates large bending deflections

Qi Chen et al 2021 Bioinspir. Biomim. 16 065005

Open access
Programming sequential motion steps in 4D-printed hygromorphs by architected mesostructure and differential hygro-responsiveness

Yasaman Tahouni et al 2021 Bioinspir. Biomim. 16 055002

Bioinspired buckling of scaled skins

Ali Shafiei et al 2021 Bioinspir. Biomim. 16 045002

Bio-inspired evaporation from shaped interfaces: an experimental study

Ariana I K S Rupp and Petra Gruber 2021 Bioinspir. Biomim. 16 045001

Nanofibril-mediated fracture resistance of bone

Ottman A Tertuliano et al 2021 Bioinspir. Biomim. 16 035001

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