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The building designed by Santiago Calatrava looks like a bird tends to fly into
sky. The central hall airport railway station was covered by a structure inspired
from a moment of a bird at the point of flight. The biomimicry of bird’s shape in
this moment reflects the stability and balance which recognized in this moment.
The central hall has a span of 394 feet and its roof is covered by four arches with
a curved, tapering, arched spine
Example (1)
Forms Of
Natural
Organisms
Composition
• Responsive materials
There are many examples of
• Self-cleaning materials
environmental materials that
depend on the inspiration from
• Self-healing materials
organism material characteristics
such as
• Phase change materials