Computational Design of Various Architectural Structure Based on Virus Capsid

Biomimicry is a new discipline which studies the best ideas of the nature and then imitates these designs and processes to solve human problems. Animals, plants, and microbes are the consummate engineers. They have found the things which works, which are appropriate, and most important of all, the things which will last here on Earth. In this study, the authors have focused on Nature’s Micro-Organism such as virus. A virus capsid is the protein shell of a virus which encloses the genetic material. Virus micro structure poses a resisting protein shell which can resist against the external forces such as pressure. Previous researches show that this shell has a deployable structure which can move out. Many viruses use an icosahedrons or helical structure for their capsids. The capsid consists of numbers of subsets. Each of subsets also consists of number of triangles. Triangulations are different in viruses. But studies show that triangles are the base of virus geometry. Recent mechanic researches about the high resistance virus shells which are connected by weak chemical connections, is the evidence of the importance of knowing about virus capsid geometry and mechanism. Besides, virus behavior in body which causes different kind of diseases can be considered as one of integral design parameters that may affects the design process. In this paper the authors investigated the field of form generation in algorithmic/digital spaces based on natural processes of form generation. In other words, with the help of computational design, we can derive the structural parameters of virus shell such as icosahedrons or helical structure arrangements and virus behavior specification in body, and then translate these biologic parameters into architectural purposes.

کلیدواژه ها:

Micro-Organism ، Virus Capsid ، Icosahedrons Configuration ، Virus Behavior ، Computational Design ، Architectural Structure