Research and communication in constructional biomimetics: historical analysis and establishment of scientific standards (C02)

• Subject Area: Art History ; Architecture, Building and Construction History, Construction Research, Sustainable Building Technology ; Bioinformatics and Theoretical Biology ; Systematics and Morphology (Zoology)
• Term: from 2014 to 2019
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 231064407

The project used the concept of the “organism” in biology, architecture and engineering to evaluate theoretically the basic conditions under which the field of constructional biomimetics can develop into a science. In the second funding period, the investigation will be shifted towards a historical review of selected case studies. In addition, the project extends the developed glossary of terms towards a domain-ontology for the field of architectural biomimetics as a digital knowledge representation network.

• DFG Programme: CRC/Transregios
• Subproject of: TRR 141: Biological Design and Integrative Structures. Analysis, Simulation and Implementation in Architecture
• Applicant Institution: Universität Stuttgart
• Project Heads: Professor Dr. Oliver Betz; Professor Dr. Gerd de Bruyn, until 6/2018; Professor Dr.-Ing. Jan Knippers; Professor Dr. James H. Nebelsick; Professor Dr. Klaus Jan Philipp