‘Structure from Nature’ was a practice of exploring the concept of biomimicry. Architects and designers take inspiration for various designs directly from Mother Nature. The objective of this project was to find structure or a mechanism that works in nature and interpret it into a different non-utilitarian artefact. This interesting project was a great learning into design through research process.

 

I studied various objects from nature, observed their mechanism and tried to make a connection with their structural purpose. The simple bending feature of pill bug was associated with the segmented outer shell that was observed and mimicked into my design artefact. Pillbugs belong to the family, Armadillidium, meaning "little armoured one." They are crustaceans, creatures that first appeared some 500 million years ago. No purposeful utility was designed into it. Although most studio students came out with its speculative interaction as a locked pouch.

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Duration: 3 weeks

Material for Prototype: Plastic wood, Metal screw-bolts

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