Jan Knippers (corresponding editor), University of Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany Klaus G. Nickel, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, GermanyThomas Speck, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany

• 1. Biomimetic Research: a Dialogue Between the Disciplines.- 2. From Minimal Surfaces to Integrative Structures – The SFB-TRR 141 in the Light of the Legacy of Frei Otto and the SFB 230 ‘Natürliche Konstruktionen’.- 3. Bionics and Biodiversity – Bio-inspired Technical Innovation for a Sustainable Future.- 4. Insect-Inspired Architecture – Insects and other arthropods as a source for creative design in architecture.- 5. In Search of some Principles of Bio-Mimetics in Structural Engineering.- 6. Fundamentals of Heat and Mass Transport in Frost-Resistant Plant Tissues.- 7. Plants and Animals as Source of Inspiration for Energy Dissipation in Load Bearing Systems and Facades.- 8. Adaptive Stiffness and Joint-Free Kinematics – Actively Actuated Rod-Shaped Structures in Plants and Animals and their Biomimetic Potential in Architecture and Engineering.- 9. Compliant Mechanisms in Plants and Architecture.- 10. Branched Structures in Plants and Architecture.- 11. The Skeleton of the Sand Dollar as a Biological Role Model for Segmented Shells in Building Construction: a Research Review .- 12. Continuous Fused Deposition Modelling of Architectural Envelopes Based on the Shell Formation of Molluscs: a Research Review.- 13. Analysis of Physcomitrella Chloroplasts to Reveal Adaption Principles Leading to Structural Stability at the Nano-Scale.- 14.Developing the Experimental Basis for an Evaluation of Scaling Properties of Brittle and "Quasi-Brittle" Biological Materials.- 15.Evolutionary Processes as Models for Exploratory Design.- 16.Fabrication of Biomimetic and Biologically Inspired (Modular) Structures for Use in the Construction Industrie.- 17. Structural Design with Biological Methods: Optimality, Multi-Functionality and Robustness.- 18. Bio-Inspired Sustainability Assessment – a Conceptual Framework.- 19.Making Life “Visible”: Organism Concepts in Biology and Architecture as the Basis for an Interdisciplinary Synopsis of Constructional Biomimetics.- 20. Perceptual Orientation and Spatial Navigation in Dense Urban Environments

Jan Knippers (corresponding editor), University of Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany Klaus G. Nickel, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, GermanyThomas Speck, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany

• 1. Biomimetic Research: a Dialogue Between the Disciplines.- 2. From Minimal Surfaces to Integrative Structures – The SFB-TRR 141 in the Light of the Legacy of Frei Otto and the SFB 230 ‘Natürliche Konstruktionen’.- 3. Bionics and Biodiversity – Bio-inspired Technical Innovation for a Sustainable Future.- 4. Insect-Inspired Architecture – Insects and other arthropods as a source for creative design in architecture.- 5. In Search of some Principles of Bio-Mimetics in Structural Engineering.- 6. Fundamentals of Heat and Mass Transport in Frost-Resistant Plant Tissues.- 7. Plants and Animals as Source of Inspiration for Energy Dissipation in Load Bearing Systems and Facades.- 8. Adaptive Stiffness and Joint-Free Kinematics – Actively Actuated Rod-Shaped Structures in Plants and Animals and their Biomimetic Potential in Architecture and Engineering.- 9. Compliant Mechanisms in Plants and Architecture.- 10. Branched Structures in Plants and Architecture.- 11. The Skeleton of the Sand Dollar as a Biological Role Model for Segmented Shells in Building Construction: a Research Review .- 12. Continuous Fused Deposition Modelling of Architectural Envelopes Based on the Shell Formation of Molluscs: a Research Review.- 13. Analysis of Physcomitrella Chloroplasts to Reveal Adaption Principles Leading to Structural Stability at the Nano-Scale.- 14.Developing the Experimental Basis for an Evaluation of Scaling Properties of Brittle and "Quasi-Brittle" Biological Materials.- 15.Evolutionary Processes as Models for Exploratory Design.- 16.Fabrication of Biomimetic and Biologically Inspired (Modular) Structures for Use in the Construction Industrie.- 17. Structural Design with Biological Methods: Optimality, Multi-Functionality and Robustness.- 18. Bio-Inspired Sustainability Assessment – a Conceptual Framework.- 19.Making Life “Visible”: Organism Concepts in Biology and Architecture as the Basis for an Interdisciplinary Synopsis of Constructional Biomimetics.- 20. Perceptual Orientation and Spatial Navigation in Dense Urban Environments

Jan Knippers (corresponding editor), University of Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany Klaus G. Nickel, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, GermanyThomas Speck, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany

• 1. Biomimetic Research: a Dialogue Between the Disciplines.- 2. From Minimal Surfaces to Integrative Structures – The SFB-TRR 141 in the Light of the Legacy of Frei Otto and the SFB 230 ‘Natürliche Konstruktionen’.- 3. Bionics and Biodiversity – Bio-inspired Technical Innovation for a Sustainable Future.- 4. Insect-Inspired Architecture – Insects and other arthropods as a source for creative design in architecture.- 5. In Search of some Principles of Bio-Mimetics in Structural Engineering.- 6. Fundamentals of Heat and Mass Transport in Frost-Resistant Plant Tissues.- 7. Plants and Animals as Source of Inspiration for Energy Dissipation in Load Bearing Systems and Facades.- 8. Adaptive Stiffness and Joint-Free Kinematics – Actively Actuated Rod-Shaped Structures in Plants and Animals and their Biomimetic Potential in Architecture and Engineering.- 9. Compliant Mechanisms in Plants and Architecture.- 10. Branched Structures in Plants and Architecture.- 11. The Skeleton of the Sand Dollar as a Biological Role Model for Segmented Shells in Building Construction: a Research Review .- 12. Continuous Fused Deposition Modelling of Architectural Envelopes Based on the Shell Formation of Molluscs: a Research Review.- 13. Analysis of Physcomitrella Chloroplasts to Reveal Adaption Principles Leading to Structural Stability at the Nano-Scale.- 14.Developing the Experimental Basis for an Evaluation of Scaling Properties of Brittle and "Quasi-Brittle" Biological Materials.- 15.Evolutionary Processes as Models for Exploratory Design.- 16.Fabrication of Biomimetic and Biologically Inspired (Modular) Structures for Use in the Construction Industrie.- 17. Structural Design with Biological Methods: Optimality, Multi-Functionality and Robustness.- 18. Bio-Inspired Sustainability Assessment – a Conceptual Framework.- 19.Making Life “Visible”: Organism Concepts in Biology and Architecture as the Basis for an Interdisciplinary Synopsis of Constructional Biomimetics.- 20. Perceptual Orientation and Spatial Navigation in Dense Urban Environments