Structural Design In Nature And In Architecture
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Free (open access)
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Volume
73
Pages
11
Published
2004
Size
365 kb
Paper DOI
10.2495/DN040581
Copyright
WIT Press
Author(s)
A. Mosseri
Abstract
Structural design in architecture has always been influenced, at different levels, by structural design in nature. In order to increase the understanding of the relationship between structural design in nature and in architecture it is important to have a theory, allowing us to connect these two fields, and to create a basis for a comprehensive perspective. This article proposes a theoretical framework of structural design in nature and in architectural design. Structural design variables are developed and each design variable is examined in nature and in structural design in architecture. This enables us to find from which variables we can learn more from nature and to note possible future directions of structural design in architecture. 1 Introduction – st
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