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Biomimicry Design Toolkit for Tropical Building Facades – An Introduction

Biomimicry Design Toolkit for Tropical Building Facades – Elephant Skin Inspired Facade

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March 2022

 

bioSEA launched its first biomimicry design toolkit newsletter today to advance the application of biomimicry in the built environment in the tropics.

This initiative is supported by the DesignSingapore Council’s Good Design Research (GDR) initiative and specifically addresses thermal comfort for tropical building facades.

 

 

#1 Introduction

 

 

April 2022

 

Our second Biomimicry Design Toolkit newsletter was delivered on 29 April. Focused on the termite mounds, it showcases how cool termite mounds are and how they have inspired bioSEA and the team to design a unique wall panel ventilation system.

 

 

 

#2 Termite Mounds

 

 

May 2022

 

Learn about how elephants’ textured skin helps them stay cool despite them not having sweat glands. This has helped us design textured facades that reduce incident radiation on building wall panels.

 

 

 

 

#3 Elephant skin

 

 

July 2022

 

Our fourth newsletter talks about how the elephant ears go beyond hearing. Ears also help elephants keep cool. Learn more about how we are working to mimic these strategies and create double bioskin facades.

 

 

 

#4 Elephant ear

 

 

August 2022

 

 

Learn how we are mimicking the desert beetle’s strategy to create better water-capture building facades.

 

 

 

#5 Desert beetle

 

 

September 2022

 

 

Learn about a series of cool outreach events that the bioSEA team was involved in conjunction with the Singapore Design Week  2022! These included a biomimicry design workshop and the launch of our biomimicry toolkit introductory video.

 

 

#6 Singapore Design Week (2022)

 

 

May 2023

 

Learn more about the launch event for the Biomimicry Design Toolkit and how you can get involved in planning and organising future biomimicry events!

 

 

 

 

#7 Launch of the Biomimicry Design Toolkit

Features

 

 

Nov 2021

 

Watch our feature on how termites can help cool our buildings in tropical Singapore in Singapore’s Channel News Asia TV show Mind Blown: Nature. 

 

 

 

 

Mind Blown!
CNA

 

 

Dec 2021

 

Read how Good Design Research is supporting local designers by marrying research and design.

 

 

 

 

 

Good Design Research
DesignSingapore Council

 

Jan 2022

 

Watch our work featured on termite mound-inspired 3D printed wall panels in Singapore’s Channel News Asia TV show Why it Matters: Nature to the rescue. With Zheng Kai of SUTD and Munshi Toh, bioSEA conceived breathable wall panels that can improve building ventilation.

 

 

 

Why It Matters?
CNA

 

 

March 2023

 

 

Read about the processes and inspiration behind the creation of the Biomimicry Design Toolkit

 

 

 

 

 

Elephant Skin Inspires Cooler Buildings
DesignSingapore Council

 

 

April 2023

 

 

Read about the launch of the Biomimicry Design Toolkit and what it aspires to achieve.

 

 

 

 

 

Biomimicry Design Toolkit
Zaobao

 

 

March 2023

 

Read about existing innovations inspired by nature and bioSEA’s homebrewed biomimicry projects.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Learning from Nature to Build Better
What’s Up

 

 

September 2023

 

Watch bioSEA’s biomimicry facade exhibit covering elephant skin facade, termite mound bricks and beetle tiles. Scroll to 8:15 mins to learn how these strategies help cool the city.

 

 

 

 

Singapore – the Green City
France 24 TV

 

 

September  2023

 

Read about how bioSEA’s biomimicry facade exhibit helps cool Singapore at the Playground of Possibilities display at the National Design Centre 2023. 

 

 

 

 

I Sweat a lot in Singapore. Can this Design Solution Change Things (And More)?
RiceMedia Co. 

 

 

November 2023

Camille Rustici from DirectIndustry e-magazine interviewed bioSEA’s Director Anuj Jain on how nature-inspired building facade tiles were born and their implications for energy-efficient buildings.

Read the interview here. 

 

 

 

 

Biomimicry: Using Nature-Inspired Design for Energy-Efficient Buildings

Direct Industry E-Magazine

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