Seminar title: Biomimetic Architecture
Programme
09:45 - 10:15
Registration (Coffee & Tea)
10:15 - 10:30 Welcome & Introduction
Prof. Derek Clements-Croome, Chairperson of the CIBSE Intelligent Buildings Group
10:30 - 11:15
‘Agent Architecture: How nature builds’
Rupert Soar, Independent consultant and reader at Nottingham Trent University
11:15 - 12:00
'Digital Biomimetics – on the fingers of one hand'
Julian Vincent, Independent consultant
12:00 - 12:45
‘What is the architect doing in the jungle?‘
Petra Gruber, Visiting Professor, EiABC Ethiopian Institute of Architecture, Building Construction and City Development, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia
12:45 - 13:00
Questions
13:00 - 13:45
Networking Lunch
13:45 - 14:30
‘Social insects: building services engineers of the natural world’
Dr Mark Worall, Senior Research Fellow, the University of Nottingham
14:30 - 15:15
'Using smart materials to mimic nature in architecture'
Jonathan Gilder, PhD Student – University of Reading, UK.
15:15- 16.00
‘Biomimicry – Designing With Nature’
Yaniv Peer, Associate, exploration-architecture, UK
16:00 - 16:15
Questions & Closing