Bionic architecture

Bionic architecture is a new form of architecture that developed in the 21^st century and has been named as bionic, as the ideas are evolved from biological natural forms of life. This form of architecture imitates nature making creations and researches in bionic architecture truly interesting. The structures built through bionic architecture do not always have rectangular designs, but are mostly curved forms inspired by biological and fractal mathematical forms. Each of the bionic architecture forms has their own inspirational figure and set of justifications. These buildings are usually built with proper care for nature with energy saving aspects and are eco-friendly.

The most prominent of the bionic architecture buildings is the UK National Space Center which is one of the most popular and the first one in the bionic architecture movement. The place has millions of visitors visiting this building to see and understand its relation with the nature.  The design of this building was prepared by Nicholas Grimshaw using the most economic building material which was one of the main aims of bionic architecture. Super light steel and Ethylene tertafluorothylene formed the building materials. The building has been so structured so that if in the later stage, there comes up a need to be increased in height, then the side of the tower can be detached and extended adding flexibility to this bionic architecture.  

The Cactus building of Netherlands is another prominent bionic architecture building. This was built by Ben Huygen and Jasper Jeagers. This bionic architecture as the name suggests, drives its inspiration from the cactus. Each of the residential apartments in this building has a curved balcony and the building fascinates many people round the globe. The building has also kept unto the bionic architecture laws as this has curved balconies which make sure that sunlight falls on every terrace of the whole building. Each building has its own green balcony with its own share of sunlight making this bionic architecture figure eco-friendly. The building has 19 levels and houses 98 happy families.

The City Hall is a forward leaning tower in London with the idea by Norman Foster. The ‘forward’ revolution of the bionic architecture was symbolized by this figure which aimed to bring about changes to the world. The building cost only around $65 million and has been built out of light weight material. A single helical staircase which spans through the building from the lowest floor to its topmost floor is of 500 metres and this bionic architecture ensures maximum space utilization.

The Ascent is a bionic architecture figure and drives it inspiration from the Roebling Bridge and the Ohio River. The colors of the building reflect the color of the blue waters and brown earth. The building was finished in 2008 and opened to public. The building has been built by the renowned architect Daniel Libeskind who received the fame after being selected for the reconstruction of the World Trade Center. He has made several major contributions to bionic architecture.

The Denver Airport was built by Curtis Fentress who designed this bionic architecture from the Rocky mountain chain. The roof has been made out of tensile fiberglass. The airport houses a solar energy system with over 10,000 solar energy panels making the bionic architecture environment friendly. Another of the most notable eco-friendly bionic architecture is the Treescraper Tower of Tomorrow that has been designed to work like a tree in replenishing the water. This design was the brain child of one of the leading architects of the bionic architecture revolution, William McDonough. The whole structure mimics the tree and even the system has been inspired by the tree water transport mechanism to make sure that every bit of the water is utilized to its maximum. The building has been maintained on little ground space but the maximum utilization of this space has been ensured with its aerodynamic structure.