Bionics - architecture (1976)

Panorama of rocks on the Mediterranean coast (from above).

Mountain landscape.

Panorama of mountain peaks and rocks.

Ruins of ancient buildings of ancient Greece.

Examples of wooden architecture on Kizhi Island, the building of a wooden church, an Orthodox cross on the dome.

Types of church domes covered with wood and gilding.

Types of churches in Vladimir.

View of the alley in the park.

Interior view of the Catholic cathedral, built in the Gothic style.

Fragments of the Gothic architecture of the cathedral.

Yellowing maple leaves.

Casting of flowers and plants from gypsum.

Plaster prints taken from plant samples.

A scientist studies a plaster model of a sheet.

Gypsum twisted turbosome.

Types of gypsum turbosomes.

Examples of the use of forms of turbosomes in construction (animation).

Scientists from the laboratory of architectural bionics discuss the layout of a twisted natural structure.

Production of the next layout.

The head of the laboratory, Y.S. Lebedev, talks about the diversity and expediency of architectural forms in nature that attract architects, about their economy and rationality, explains the essence of architectural bionics, about the goals of architectural bionics, about the theory based on the principles of architectural bionics (synchronously).

Lebedev is discussing with a colleague the next project of a transforming system based on a paper layout.

Demonstration of the design capabilities on a paper layout.

Modeling of spatial architectural systems using various layouts.

Lebedev talks about the prospects of architectural bionics, its ultimate goal is to create an environment of harmonious mutual development of wildlife and architecture (synchronously).

Leaves on the branches of a tree.

The stems of the leaves.

The structure of the leaves.

Location of spruce branches.

The arrangement of leaves on the stem of the plant from bottom to top.

Dissected upper leaves of the plant, allowing light to pass to the lower ones.

The movement of plant leaves under the influence of water drops falling on them.

Movement inside the cells of a plant created under the influence of liquid.

The stem of the plant rises.

The construction of an architectural dome with the help of air supply.

A bee on a dandelion flower.

Honeycomb.

View of the Earth from space.

The surface of the water.

The structure of soap foam.

A photograph of a part of the galaxy.

Snail shell in section, spiral inside.

A blooming flower (slow motion).

Photos of a spiral-shaped building.

The spring of the clock mechanism.

The movements of the discobolus in a spiral before throwing the disc (rapid).

Opening the roof of the paper layout of the building.

Panorama of a clearing in a pine forest.

Clusters of mountain ash on a branch.

Tree trunks going up.

The ribbed surface of the plant stem.

Tissues under the outer cover of the stem.

Steel cables, similar to the stem fabrics, holding the Ostankino TV tower.

Circular panorama of the tower's support cone.

View of the TV tower (from bottom to top).

Gymnast on a trampoline.

The weightlifter squeezes the barbell.

An example of the structure of the head of the human hip bone.

View of the construction of the Shukhov tower.

View of the circus building.

A type of seashell.

Two halves of an eggshell.

The leaves of the Victoria Regia water flower on the surface of the water.

The structure of the underside of the water flower leaf.

The use of the principle of the structure of the water flower leaf in architecture in the form of reinforced concrete ribs stretched along the ceiling, carrying a huge span.

A sheet of paper on the surface.

Folding a sheet of paper with a house.

Various paper designs.

The paper construction withstands the weight of a heavy book.

View of the dome of the building.

Architectural structures created on the principle of architectural bionics.

Buildings built on the principle of bionic architecture, various forms of buildings.

Panorama of taiga and hills.

Trees on the edge of the autumn forest.

Tree trunks growing from a single root.

A blooming flower.