IRG 40 Beijing, China IRG 40 Beijing, China Building with termites ...
IRG 40 Beijing, China IRG 40 Beijing, China Building with termites ...
IRG 40 Beijing, China IRG 40 Beijing, China Building with termites ...
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<strong>Building</strong><br />
<strong>with</strong> termite<br />
<strong>IRG</strong> <strong>40</strong> <strong>Beijing</strong>,<br />
<strong>China</strong><br />
May 2009<br />
Conclusion remarks<br />
• The nutritional feature of re-eating of mound material<br />
has been exploited for many years in various laboratory<br />
rearing cultures and bioassays for many years. In looking<br />
towards biomimetic buildings, we need to consider the<br />
“living nature” of buildings that may involve water<br />
trapping and energy efficiency.<br />
• we hypothesis that this mound architecture allows rapid<br />
access to moisture for the colony members in times of<br />
prolonged drought and in order to carry out repairs and<br />
extensions to the mound .<br />
• harvester termite, Tumulitermes pastinator, study<br />
suggested that <strong>termites</strong> create energy sinks when<br />
regulating mound temperatures.<br />
• The future towards ‘building <strong>with</strong> <strong>termites</strong>’ hold<br />
immense challenges, intellectual and practical, for<br />
architects, builders, the wood protection industry as a<br />
whole, and building regulators
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