Buildings inspired by worms and grasshoppers: the future of biomimicry in construction

By Robiel Eilyn Manzueta Felix, Research fellow, Universidad de Navarra
Amaia Zuazua-Ros, Doctora Arquitecta, Universidad de Navarra
César Martín-Gómez, Catedrático en instalaciones y sistemas energéticos en arquitectura y urbanismo, Universidad de Navarra

We all want to make our buildings more efficient and reliable. Artificial solutions abound, but evolution also holds the answers to many of our problems.

Some animals and plants ingeniously adapt their bodies to environmental conditions like light, temperature and air quality by changing colour or filtering out harmful gases. A branch of scientific research, known as biomimicry, copies and adapts these natural solutions, and applies them to design and engineering.

This approach has already…

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