Institute For The Future

Bio-inspired research institute

Bio-inspired architecture has been around for a while, and was made famous with Gaudi (his building on the left), who incorporated spirals, bones, scales, fungi, etc into his buildings - but the forms until now have been unrelated to what was going on inside the building.

 

 

A biomedical research institute in Chengdu, China, is planning to show true commitment to scientific principles by erecting an innovative building inspired by cells. Bulges on the surface are meeting rooms and are intended to represent the proteins embedded in a cell membrane. The interior pools, shaped like mitochondria, border on the surreal.
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