德国斯图加特大学甲虫仿生建筑
ICD-ITKE Research Pavilion 2013-14 / ICD-ITKE University of Stuttgart

2014年，斯图加特大学的电脑设计研究所（ICD）和建筑结构及设计研究所（ITKE），通过新颖的计算机设计和模拟方法，探讨生物界中甲虫的板型骨架形态在建筑中的转义，运用计算机控制的制造方法，实现了一个新型的模块化仿生建筑。
这个仿生建筑是基于由计算机扫描提取出来的甲虫的3D模型。通过对复杂的甲虫壳内部结构分析，形成鞘翅形态。双层结构间由柱状结构元件-骨梁连接。梁内采用纤维布局形成上下突出的结构。依据甲虫壳的构造，骨梁进行高度差异化分布和几何连接。通过多种飞行甲虫的比较研究，下部结构原则可以被识别和诠释为机构形态的设计原则。
The Institute for Computational Design (ICD) and the Institute of Building Structures and Structural Design (ITKE) of the University of Stuttgart have constructed another bionic research pavilion in 2014. The project is part of a successful series of research pavilions which showcase the potential of novel design, simulation and fabrication processes in architecture.
Together with SEM scans from the University of Tübingen, this enabled an analysis of the intricate internal structures of the beetle shell. The Elytra morphology is based on a double layered structure which is connected by column-like doubly curved support elements, the trabeculae. The fiber layout within a trabecula merges the upper and lower shell segments with continuous fibers. The distribution and geometric articulation of the trabecula is highly differentiated throughout the beetle shell. Through comparative studies of multiple flying beetle species the underlying structural principles could be identified and translated into design rules for structural morphologies.