Thursday 30 November 2017

Climate-friendly architecture thanks to natural folding mechanisms

Mobile components on buildings whose design was copied from naturally occurring solutions – that is the subject of new research. The aim is to outfit them with drive elements that can move without energy input. Serving as a model here are pine cones, which utilize the varying swelling behaviors of their tissue to open when moist or close when dry.

from Engineering and Construction News – ScienceDaily https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/11/171130122759.htm



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