In the second video of our Design for Life collaboration with Dassault Systèmes, Exploration Architecture founder Michael Pawlyn explains how computational design tools allow architects to mimic the natural world.
Pawlyn is the second designer to feature in the Design for Life collaboration between Dezeen and Dassault Systèmes, which highlights designers who are using technology and research to build a better world.
"Biomimicry is innovation inspired by nature," explained Pawlyn in the video, which was filmed by Dezeen at the founder of biomimicry-focussed practice Exploration Architecture's home studio in London.
"At Exploration Architecture, we use biomimicry to rethink all sorts of building types and develop solutions that use resources much more efficiently," he continued. The Biomimetic Office by Exploration Architecture mimics the structure of a spookfish's eye
Exploration Architecture is known for projects that demonstrate the potentials of biomimicry, including a seawater-cooled greenhouse modelled on a beetle that harvests its own fresh water in a desert, and a concept for an office building that mimics the structure of a spookfish's eye to help maximise natural light.
In the exclusive video interview, Pawlyn reveals a number of conceptual projects that demonstrate how Exploration Architecture combines technology and scientific research to imagine structures that can integrate with natural systems and even benefit them.
The Biorock Pavilion...