Description
- Investigates growth patterns and processes of nature in order to utilize these for the vision of self-growing houses
- Contributions from international experts such as Rachel Armstrong, Julian Vincent and Angelo Vermeulen
Built to Grow investigates patterns of growth and dynamics in nature with the aim of creating a new “living architecture” that can be applied to architectonic designs. It examines biological processes to identify basic principles of growth and translate them into exemplary architectonic ideas and visions. The project brings together experts from the fields of architecture, biology, art, mechatronics, and robotics.
CONTENTS
- Transitioning towards the Ecocene / Rachel Armstrong
- Introduction / Barbara Imhof, Petra Gruber
- Aspects of Life / Petra Gruber, Julian Vincent, Angelo Vermeulen, Thomas Speck
- Plan Not to Plan Anymore – on Growing and Building / Waltraut Hoheneder, Petra Gruber
- Methods of Science in Art / Julian Vincent, Angelo Vermeulen
- Experimentation / Viktor Gudenus, Tanja Oberwinkler, Angelo Vermeulen, Barbara Imhof, Petra Gruber, Waltraut Hoheneder, Damjan Minovski, Ceren Yönetim, Rafael Sanchez Herrera, Laura Mesa Arango, Julian Vincent, Thomas Speck, Andreas Körner, Mohammedneja Shikur, Mariya Korolova, Atanas Zhelev, Ioana Binica, Alexander Nanu
- Growth Principles
- Material systems
- Metabolic systems
- Mobile 3D Printer
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Three Dimensional Growth of the Slime Mould Physarum Polycephalum / Linnea Hesse, Barbara Imhof, Ceren Yönetim, Jochen Leupold, Angelo Vermeulen,Thomas Speck
- Mechanical Tests with Mycelium Stabilized Paper-Straw-Grain-Samples / Stefanie Schmier, Sandra Eckert, Viktor Gudenus, Marco Caliaro, Georg Bauer, Thomas Speck
- Approaches to Bio-inspiration in Novel Architecture / Thomas Speck
- Reflections on the Future / Barbara Imhof
- Manifesto / Barbara Imhof, Viktor Gudenus, Damjan Minovski, Julian Vincent, Thomas Speck, Angelo Vermeulen, Petra Gruber, Waltraut Hoheneder
176 pages, color illustrations / 19 x 25 cm / English

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