Recently, the development of kinetic facade has become one of the solutions to the growing demand for sustainable and energy-efficient buildings. The industry section of architecture is highly competitive, which the client often seeks an innovative and unique design. To address these phenomenons, architects and scientists have turned to biomimicry, a design approach that seeks inspiration from biological principles and apply those principles to architecture. The Aldrovanda vesiculosa exhibits a unique snapping mechanism for capturing its prey, which offer inspiration for the creation of an innovative kinetic facade. The objectives of this research is to propose a concept of kinetic facade of Aldrovanda vesiculosa snapping mechanism based on biomimicry design approach. In addition, the facade concept need to be implemented to the practical application.
The methodologies used in this thesis divided into two categories, which are research and design method. The research begin by evaluating case studies regarding the abstraction from biological model into practical implementation of architecture model. The result of the literature evaluation will be used as a design method to abstract Aldrovanda Vesiculosa’s snapping mechanism into a kinetic facade prototype. Through the research, the principles snapping mechanism of Aldrovanda Vesiculosa can be translated to develop a computational model of kinetic façade design through abstraction process and also developed into real-world practical scenarios through the technical implementation process. For the facade tessellation, there are 5 alternatives of configuration pattern proposed in the research. The facade tessellation also be implemented through variative surface typology of building envelope. Through the fabrication process, the physical model prototype is proven to be assembled and work functionally in real-world practice using Polypropylene (PP) sheets as the main material.

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