XNUMXD printing as the ultimate future technology, one that makes it possible to adequately respond to all the needs and expectations for building homes inspired by nature
Written by: Shimon Bogan
The Italians have a special fondness for wasps. Starting with the mythological social-cultural symbol of the Piaggio Vespa scooter in 1947 (Link), for a way gun Jumpers for children "Wasp" by Giocutoli from the 50s until very recently in sustainable - environmental - social technology of the WASP workshop for printing mud dwellings (Link).
Janine Benius, founder of the American Biomimicry Institute, initiated the vision of generalized biomimetic sustainability (Link). The adoption of this Torah and the corresponding conduct consist of:
A. Biomimetic thinking
B. Biomimetic investigation
third. Biomimetic planning, design and development
d. Biomimetic production processes and service moves
God. Biomimetic building materials and auxiliary materials
and. Communication mechanisms and biomimetic computing systems
In the narrow sense of biomimetic sustainability, these are ideal production technologies by:
A. Construction by addition and not by subtraction, under environmental conditions. Or as Ms. Benius says - without "heat, beat, and treat".
B. Local, community, democratic production as much as possible.
third. Renewable materials, zero waste, 100% recovery and recycling, negligible toxicity, minimum energy.
d. Materials as simple as possible, biologically and environmentally friendly, those that simulate bio-natural materials.
In an interview with her, Ms. Benios identified XNUMXD printing as the ultimate future technology, one that allows to adequately respond to all the needs and expectations listed above. Therefore, at the time when the interviews were given, raw materials and final products of biological origin and with natural characteristics were still conspicuous in their absence.
To the wonderful group of the oriental wasp Vespa orientalis, the construction wasp and the plastering wasp (Link) joins a robotic wasp of the WASP workshop from the district of Ravenna. It is no coincidence that the name of the workshop and the group - Wasproject - consists of the initials of the World Advanced Saving Project.
The houses proposed for ecological construction are made of mixtures of mud, mortar, clay and crushed straw. The inspiration comes from a connection between the construction materials of rural houses in Morocco, for example, and the construction method of wasps' nests.
