- Hyperbolic paraboloids - Are usually a membrane or a sheet that is curved in two directions (ie curved up running north-south and curved down running east-west) and is used a lot in nature to provide flexibility and strength
- The example of the Mantis Shrimp which has the most powerful body to strike power ratio of any animal
RON EGLASH
- African fractals
- He went around africa and found that many of the villages are planned out in a fractal form and that some of their crafts have fractal elements as well, such as their woven fences.
ALEX STEFFEN
- Leapfrogging - People in developing countries don't want last years technologies or solutions and nor do they want a re-hash of what they've already got.
ROSS LOVEGROVE
- His method of design is to make a form and then break it up into the bits required to build it.
- Nature drills holes in things, it takes away the "fat"
CAMERON SINCLAIR
- Architecture either improves or degrades the community it is put in
- When you are living on $4 a day you have to be sustainable and keep maintenance down
- Design is not just about engaging a community its about empowering a community - this means choice and involvement
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