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Recent advances in computational imaging, simulation and fabrication have opened a new era in biomimetics: local differentiation at various scales, the main feature of natural constructions enabling multiple networked working principles, can for the first time not only be analysed, but to a certain extent also be transferred to the scale of building construction. The exploration and biomimetic transfer of the vast reservoir of nature requires an in-depth analysis and comparison of architecture and biology, both from a broader and deeper perspective and on a functional, structural and methodological level (Knippers and Speck 2012; Speck et al. 2015; Speck 2015, Imhof and Gruber 2015).
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Knippers, J., Speck, T., Nickel, K.G. (2016). Biomimetic Research: A Dialogue Between the Disciplines. In: Knippers, J., Nickel, K., Speck, T. (eds) Biomimetic Research for Architecture and Building Construction. Biologically-Inspired Systems, vol 8. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-46374-2_1
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