Origami‐based designs refer to the application of the ancient art of origami to solve
engineering problems of different nature. Despite being implemented at dimensions that …

In recent decades, origami has been explored to aid in the design of engineering structures.
These structures span multiple scales and have been demonstrated to be used toward …

Visual and thermal comfort for occupants significantly depend on exterior environmental
climatic conditions, which are continuously changing. In particular, optimizing visual and …

Nature has achieved materials with properties and mechanisms that go far beyond the
current know-how of the engineering-materials industry. The remarkable efficiency of …

Biomimicry, as a field of science, is mainly defined as a solution for design problems
inspired by natural models, systems, and elements. For the built environment, using nature …

Functionally graded materials (FGMs) enable applications in fields such as biomedicine and
architecture, but their fabrication suffers from shortcomings in gradient continuity, interfacial …

Plant movements are of increasing interest for biomimetic approaches where hinge-free
compliant mechanisms (flexible structures) for applications, for example, in architecture, soft …

The geometrical inflexibility of rigid-body kinetic building façades is disadvantageous in free-
form architecture. To address this problem, a gearless, lightweight, and geometrically …

Building envelopes are primarily responsible for buildings' energy consumption and
environmental performance. Kinetic building shadings have emerged as an alternative for …

Because plants are considered immobile, they remain underrepresented as concept
generators for soft robots and soft machines. However, plants show a great variety of …