arup associates: insect hotel

董羽天

arup associates: insect hotel

                               
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'arup associates' insect hotel'
all images courtesy of arup associates
london-based arup associates have won the top golden beetle prize for their design
of 'insect hotel' in the competition hosted by british land and the city of london, 'beyond the hive'.
the brief called for a sustainable and creative insect habitat for the city of london parks.

the bio-mimetic design is constructed out of 25 layers of 20 mm-thick birch plywood.
the irregular voids are cut out using a CNC machine and loosely bonded together on site
with mechanical fixings. the 1500 mm x 1500 mm hotel's facade is influenced from
the voronoi pattern, an organic system of irregular shapes often found in nature, such as the wings
of a dragonfly. the 500 mm-deep compartments provide an armature for the recycled waste materials,
each compacted with different types of deadfall to cater to different types of insects:
stag beetles require rotting logs for their larvae to eat and grow in, while butterflies and moths
prefer a series of vertical slots using dry wooden pieces and tree barks.

                               
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different materials are used for different species

                               
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design scheme

                               
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designers with the insect hotel
http://www.designboom.com/weblog/cat/9/view/10829/arup-associates-insect-hotel.html

LLchen

哈哈，这个hotel有点意思。和mad的鱼缸一样，总是让人质疑人类把意志力强加到动物身上的可能性

ericwest

谢谢分享 {:3_55:}

董羽天

O(∩_∩)O哈哈~先是冲突和不安，然后是和谐共聚啊 3# Line

Line

又是一个Voronoi的典型应用。
小昆虫们在里面会和谐的生活么？不会由于食物链的关系产生问题吧，呵呵。

董羽天

arup！！！一堆牛人啊！塞西尔贝尔蒙德！