CATENARY BASED THIN SHELL: BIO-INSPIRED FORM AND STRUCTURE

Human being always tries to make his own signature or presence by developing shelters and settlements. In his first attempt they just learn from nature and use its simpler form of complex nature structural system. They use to understand this complex system by attempt of defining it through mathematical and geometrical tools. Through these attempts they are getting closure to nature structural system. They also learn stability and variability in natural structures are because of potential energy inside the structures. Biomimicry leads to imitation of living nature that is highly interdisciplinary and involves understanding the functions, structures and principles of various objects in nature that lead to inspired design, adaptation and derivation from living nature. This paper will focus the evolution of bioinspired design and how it manifests in built-environment through different forms and structures in evolved from nature. The study has intended to show new approaches to have new era of architecture, by taking inspiration from nature in different perspectives.