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BEIJING WATER CUBE

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BIOMIMICRY

  • Modelling materials of structures after biological entities or processes
Photo by See-ming Lee 李思明 SML
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WEAIRE-PHELAN

  • Structures fit together in the same way that soap bubbles do
  • First created by Denis Weaire and Robert Phelan in 1993
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Photo by HALDANE MARTIN
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COVERING

  • Ethylene Tetra-fluoro-ethylene
  • 0.2 millimetres thick
  • Self-cleaning
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ENERGY

  • Greenhouse effect
  • Saves 30% in energy
  • Displacement ventilation principle
Photo by Møuin.M►
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DRAWBACKS

  • Plastic material is flammable
  • Building costs range from $150-200 million
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THANK YOU

Photo by See-ming Lee 李思明 SML

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