Works Cited
Defocath, D. S. A., and S.D Guest. “Deployable Membranes Designed from Folding Tree Leave.” Http://www-civ.eng.cam.ac.uk/dsl/publications/leaves.pdf. Web. 28 Apr. 2011.
This article show different patterns that could be used to open a solar sail.
DeYoung, Dr. Don. “Space-Age Leaves – Answers in Genesis.” Answers in Genesis – Creation, Evolution, Christian Apologetics. Web. 28 Apr. 2011. <http://www.answersingenesis.org/articles/am/v5/n1/space-age-leaves>.
This article looks at Beech Leaves. The structure has been used in Miura Ori origami to develop unfolding solar panels and solar sails for satellites.
“GigaPan.” Main Page – GigaPan Time Machine. Web. 28 Apr. 2011. <http://timemachine.gigapan.org/wiki/Main_Page>.
This is an amazing website that lets you zoom in on time laps videos of different events. The one I looked at is of plants growing. I tried to study how they bifurcate and trifurcate.
H. Kobayashi. “The Geometry of Unfolding Tree Leaves.” The Royal Society. Centre for Biomimetics, 1998. Web. 28 Apr. 2011. <http://www.bath.ac.uk/mech-eng//biomimetics/LeafGeometry.pdf>.
This paper discribes the complex folds of the hornbeam leaf. I was using this to research how the Miura Ori orgami structure could be used to inform my design.
Kolarevic, Branko, and Kevin R. Klinger. Manufacturing Material Effects: Rethinking Design and Making in Architecture. New York: Routledge, 2008. Print.
This book show different process used in digital fabrication and how it can inform building design. I was using this book for ideas in developing a dynamic facade system.
Pearce, Peter. Structure in Nature Is a Strategy for Design. Cambridge: MIT, 1978. Print.
This book looks at how nature such as soap bubbles, giraffe spots, cell structure can inform design. Buckminster Fuller and other famous architects used these to develop geodesic domes.
“Shape Memory Alloys.” Stanford University. 21 Jan. 1996. Web. 28 Apr. 2011. <http://www.stanford.edu/~richlin1/sma/sma.html>.
I was looking into shape memory alloys to acuate my muira ori designs. The most common of these is nitinol.