2023 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Design strategy of large structures learning from analogy found in mechanics of plants
| Project Area | Elucidation of the strategies of mechanical optimization in plants toward the establishment of the bases for sustainable structure system |
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| Project/Area Number |
18H05486
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Innovative Areas (Research in a proposed research area)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Review Section |
Complex systems
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| Research Institution | The University of Tokyo |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
張 天昊 東京大学, 生産技術研究所, 助教 (90845728)
中楚 洋介 東京大学, 生産技術研究所, 特任講師 (70756361)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2018-06-29 – 2023-03-31
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| Keywords | 植物構造オプト / 生長 / 樹木 / 呑み込み現象 / 癒合 / 空間構造 / 建築構造 / Baubotanik |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
Through joint research with plant physiologists, we tried to find an analogy between the process by which living plants have survived under various external forces in nature and the conditions that architectural structures must have in order to withstand natural external forces over many years. Based on this observation, we conducted research with the aim of developing a design method for large more durable architectural structures based on new ideas. Plants, especially woody plants, take time to grow, so it took time to obtain research results, but at the same time, he was able to advance this research by observing existing trees. In particular, we were able to obtain hints for new architectural structures not found in conventional architectural structures, especially from the properties of trees such as self-repair, swallowing, and fusion.
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| Free Research Field |
空間構造工学
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| Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements |
植物生理学者と、我々建築構造分野の研究者が多くの時間を共有し、共通の研究目的に対して多くの議論を点で学際的な研究に大きな意義があったと考えている。分野によって、研究の進め方や、研究成果の発信の仕方などの違いが大きいことも学びとなった。研究成果としては、既存の建築構造には存在しない、生きた樹木による建築構造の構築という新しい分野の研究の端緒を見出すことができた点で、学術的、社会的意義は大きいと考えている。本研究では、生きた植物の成長過程を利用することで、樹木と人工的な材料を繊維を切断することなく融合させることが可能であり、新しい建築構造分野の構築につながるものと考えられる。
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