Architectural Design · 2006 · 15 citations · 0 references
Natural SciencesMaterials EngineeringMaterials ScienceBuilding MaterialsCellular EngineeringStructural BiologyCellular MechanicsSelf-assembled MaterialsBioinspired Lightweight StructuresCellular MaterialsFoam MicrostructureFoam MorphologyFoam StructureSelf-assembling Materials
Abstract Cellular biological materials have intricate interior structures, self‐organised in hierarchies to produce modularity, redundancy and differentiation. As Michael Weinstock explains, the foam geometries of cellular materials offer open and ductile structural systems that are strong and permeable, making them an attractive paradigm for developments in material science and for new structural systems in architecture and engineering. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.