Outputs (17)

A critical review of biomimetic building envelopes: Towards a bio-adaptive model from nature to architecture (2022)
Journal Article

The building envelope has an important role in regulating the energy exchanges between the internal and external environment. In recent years, various studies on technological solutions for responsive and intelligent envelopes have been carried out.... Read More about A critical review of biomimetic building envelopes: Towards a bio-adaptive model from nature to architecture.

Amphibious architecture: A review of the construction methods adopted in existing designs (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Effective flood mitigation strategies at individual property level can be designed to limit damage and facilitate recovery by limiting water entry or enabling entry into occupied spaces in a controlled manner. Ideally these strategies will be robust... Read More about Amphibious architecture: A review of the construction methods adopted in existing designs.

Design lessons from plants for adaptive solar skins (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Several systems have been developed to enhance buildings’ environmental performance towards reducing their operational energy demand. However, there is still potential for improving methods for responsively controlling daylight and solar gain while f... Read More about Design lessons from plants for adaptive solar skins.

Morphological differentiation for the environmental adaptation of biomimetic buildings: Skins, surfaces, and structures (2022)
Book Chapter

Morphology and form are the most common traits to be transferred from natural systems into architecture. However, such traits have seldom retained any environmental adaptation strategy of the imitated systems from nature, and therefore hardly represe... Read More about Morphological differentiation for the environmental adaptation of biomimetic buildings: Skins, surfaces, and structures.

Beyond energy services: A multidimensional and cross-disciplinary agenda for home energy management research (2021)
Journal Article

Home Energy Management (HEM) has a significantly growing impact on strategic energy policy, digital equity, as well as housing development and transport issues. With the proliferation of home working, reliance on electricity for heating and cooling a... Read More about Beyond energy services: A multidimensional and cross-disciplinary agenda for home energy management research.

Design processes and multi-regulation of biomimetic building skins: A comparative analysis (2021)
Journal Article

Biomimetics is an opportunity for the development of energy efficient building systems. Several biomimetic building skins (Bio-BS) have been built over the past decade, however few addressed multi-regulation although the biological systems they are i... Read More about Design processes and multi-regulation of biomimetic building skins: A comparative analysis.

Textured building façades: Utilizing morphological adaptations found in nature for evaporative cooling (2021)
Journal Article

The overheating of buildings and their need for mechanical cooling is a growing issue as a result of climate change. The main aim of this paper is to examine the impact of surface texture on heat loss capabilities of concrete panels through evaporati... Read More about Textured building façades: Utilizing morphological adaptations found in nature for evaporative cooling.

Environmental adaptation of buildings through morphological differentiation: A biomimetic approach (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Morphology and form are most common traits to be transferred from natural systems into architecture. However, such traits seldom retain any function of the imitated systems from nature, and therefore hardly represent a successful biomimetic design. T... Read More about Environmental adaptation of buildings through morphological differentiation: A biomimetic approach.

Form follows environment: Biomimetic approaches to building envelope design for environmental adaptation (2017)
Journal Article

© 2017 by the authors. Building envelopes represent the interface between the outdoor environment and the indoor occupied spaces. They are often considered as barriers and shields, limiting solutions that adapt to environmental changes. Nature provid... Read More about Form follows environment: Biomimetic approaches to building envelope design for environmental adaptation.

Water Management Lessons from Nature for Applications to Buildings (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

© 2016 The Authors. Water management and regulation in buildings have been facing real challenges with the increasing environmental awareness during the last decades. Current concerns of shortage in water resources increase the demands to enhance wat... Read More about Water Management Lessons from Nature for Applications to Buildings.