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Carbon Natural: Using Molecular Logics as Inspiration in Micro-Bamboo Structures

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This article outlines a scientific or iterative research process, designing a proto-architectural molecularly inspired micro-bamboo system, followed by some case-study examples of actualized instantiations of the system at scale. Turning to one of the most effective and strongest molecular structures, carbon, as inspiration for its particularly versatile, tribrachidium nature, and utilizing micro-bamboo for its mass-produced ubiquity, this effort created some unexpected novel opportunities, and has a multiplicity of possibilities.

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  1. 88 Daxue Rd, Ouhai Qu, Wenzhou Shi, 325060, Zhejiang Sheng, China

    Ralph Spencer Steenblik

  2. 134 Greenwich Ave, New Haven, CT, 06519, USA

    Ralph Spencer Steenblik

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  1. College of Architecture and Urban Planning, Tongji University, Shanghai, China

    Philip F. Yuan

  2. School of Engineering, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia

    Yi Min (Mike) Xie

  3. College of Architecture and Urban Planning, Tongji University, Shanghai, China

    Jiawei Yao

  4. College of Architecture and Urban Planning, Tongji University, Shanghai, China

    Chao Yan

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Steenblik, R.S. (2020). Carbon Natural: Using Molecular Logics as Inspiration in Micro-Bamboo Structures. In: Yuan, P., Xie, Y., Yao, J., Yan, C. (eds) Proceedings of the 2019 DigitalFUTURES . CDRF 2019. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-8153-9_6

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