Just to recap on why I have chosen this as a primary biomimicry process for this assignment:
My folie design prompted my design concept to be "people as activators of space". I looked into what natural processes accomodate for the transport and movement of people through a structure and came up with the human network of arteries, veins capillaries etc...After looking into the basic structure of a vein system I decided to look more deeply into the function of these elements in order to come up with a conceptual building form and operation mechanism. The conceptual design form which has resulted from this has been the implementation of adaptive and interactive architecture. Upon further research of blood vessels I found that these structures physically adapt to the high and low pressures associated with the exchange of blood from the heart and back again. Hence I have come up with the conceptual form of adaptive and interactive architecture.
The function of blood vessels are all different. For example the arteries carry oxygenated blood from the heart and the veins carry deoxygenated blood back to the heart again. Between these two structures are capillaries, which transfer blood between the two and allow for oxygen and nutrients and carbon dioxide and wastes to travel between blood and tissue. I found this transfer mechanism of capillaries very interesting and potentially inspiring as a biomimicry process for a building:
- Building envelope layers
- Natural Ventilation
- Blocking of noise and other methods of pollution
- Framing of views
- Pushing the boundaries of the building to accomodate for different levels of people flowing through the space
Diagrams of capillary structure:
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