The Natural System:
The idea of using tree properties for architecture designs can involve any population of trees from redwoods to live oaks. For example, Live Oak Trees have trunks and branches that are spiraled to flex in the wind and leaves that curl to allow wind to flow through the tree with minimal friction. Additionally, the roots of each live oak tree is intertwined with those live oaks in the systems to provide additional resiliency against outward forces.
Problem this Bio mimicry could solve:
The video highlights that areas prone to natural disasters, such as hurricanes, can design buildings with favorable properties as resistant tree populations, such as the live oak trees' resistance to wind, to reduce a house's vulnerability to threats.
Implementing Natural Form to Technical Solution:
One possible solution using bio mimicry of tree properties is building residential houses with intertwining underground infrastructure that mimics the root system in live oaks to link houses together in areas prone to natural disasters. However, this might be difficult because "nature usually builds to a design criterion of adequate strength" of the overall community while current building practices usually build individual homes without considering linkages (Leu).
Another bio mimicry technique of tree properties that is currently beings used in building designs today is replicating the flexible properties of tree trunks and branches. Today, some architects design infrastructures with beams that bend in high stress points to respond to outward forces, a similar response of trees, to increase the infrastructure's resistance to disturbance ("How to make").
Citations
"How to Make Buildings & Structures Earthquake Proof." Earthquake Proof and Resistant Building Structures. SruCalc. Web. 24 May 2016.
Leu, Chelsea. "Think Like a Tree: What We Can Learn From the Oaks That Survived Katrina." Wired, 26 Sept. 2015. Web. 24 May 2016
The idea of using tree properties for architecture designs can involve any population of trees from redwoods to live oaks. For example, Live Oak Trees have trunks and branches that are spiraled to flex in the wind and leaves that curl to allow wind to flow through the tree with minimal friction. Additionally, the roots of each live oak tree is intertwined with those live oaks in the systems to provide additional resiliency against outward forces.
Problem this Bio mimicry could solve:
The video highlights that areas prone to natural disasters, such as hurricanes, can design buildings with favorable properties as resistant tree populations, such as the live oak trees' resistance to wind, to reduce a house's vulnerability to threats.
Implementing Natural Form to Technical Solution:
One possible solution using bio mimicry of tree properties is building residential houses with intertwining underground infrastructure that mimics the root system in live oaks to link houses together in areas prone to natural disasters. However, this might be difficult because "nature usually builds to a design criterion of adequate strength" of the overall community while current building practices usually build individual homes without considering linkages (Leu).
Another bio mimicry technique of tree properties that is currently beings used in building designs today is replicating the flexible properties of tree trunks and branches. Today, some architects design infrastructures with beams that bend in high stress points to respond to outward forces, a similar response of trees, to increase the infrastructure's resistance to disturbance ("How to make").
Citations
"How to Make Buildings & Structures Earthquake Proof." Earthquake Proof and Resistant Building Structures. SruCalc. Web. 24 May 2016.
Leu, Chelsea. "Think Like a Tree: What We Can Learn From the Oaks That Survived Katrina." Wired, 26 Sept. 2015. Web. 24 May 2016