Architectural envelopes that interact with their environment

We investigate the application to biomimetics on the development and creation of a new type of exterior walls for buildings. We study and explore envelopes as found in nature with an eye on their application to architecture and engineering. Our hypothesis is the following: Is it possible to obtain greater effciency and performance in the construction of exterior walls in buildings by mimicking nature as opposed to building façades according to the traditional processes? Conventional solutions for façades and roofs are not designed for optimum adaptation to contextual issues and needs. We fnd large enclosures built with restrictions that exclude interaction with the environment, energy effciency and the optimization of materials. Multiple environmental and climatic characteristics of the area are variable parameters, and conventional buildings are designed to provide a static design solution. A static building can not guarantee an optimal level of performance, and this will lead to a discrepancy between the building and the environment. Through technological innovation and new manufacturing techniques, we investigate the application of biomimetics to the development of multifunctional envelopes systems, in terms of structural and environmental effciency. We focus on a bottomtop study of seeds and leaves that leads us to a new kind of environmental interacting envelope.