Biomimetic Design Lab
JOURNAL PAPERS
Beyond energy services: A multidimensional and cross-disciplinary agenda for home energy management research.
S Oliveira, L Badarnah, M Barakat, A Chatzimichali, E Atkins, 2022.
Energy Research & Social Science 85, 102347. URL.
Textured Building Facades: utilizing morphological adaptations found in nature for evaporative cooling.
M. Peeks* and L. Badarnah, 2021.
Biomimetics, 6(2), 24. URL.
Design processes and multi-regulation of bioinspired building skins: a comparative analysis.
E. Cruz, T. Hubert, G. Chancoco, O. Naim, N. Chaayamor-Heil, R. Cornette, C. Menezo, L. Badarnah, K. Raskin, and F. Aujard, 2021.
Energy and Buildings 246, 111034. URL.
Form Follows Environment: biomimetic approaches to building envelope design for environmental adaptation.
L. Badarnah, 2017.
Buildings, 7(2), 40. URL.
Light management lessons from nature for building applications.
L. Badarnah, 2016.
Procedia Engineering. URL.
Water management lessons from nature for applications to buildings.
L. Badarnah, 2016.
Procedia Engineering. URL.
A methodology for the generation of biomimetic design concepts.
L. Badarnah and U. Kadri, 2015.
Architectural Science Review, 58(2), doi:10.1080/00038628.2014.922458. URL.
A biophysical framework of heat regulation strategies for the design of biomimetic building envelopes.
L. Badarnah, 2015.
Procedia Engineering, 118, pp.1225-1235, doi:10.1016/j.proeng.2015.08.474. URL.
BOOK CHAPTER
Morphological Differentiation for the Environmental Adaptation of Biomimetic Buildings: Skins, Surfaces, and Structures
L. Badarnah and K. Zolotovsky, 2022
Biomimicry for Materials, Design and Habitats: Innovations and Applications. Publisher: Elsevier URL.
THESIS
Towards the LIVING envelope: biomimetics for building envelope adaptation.
L. Badarnah Kadri, 2012.
Ph.D. thesis, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands.
doi:10.4233/uuid:4128b611-9b48-4c8d-b52f-38a59ad5de65. ISBN 978-94-6203200-2. pdf. URL.
CONFERENCES
L. Badarnah and J. Fernandez, 2015. Morphological configurations inspired by nature for thermal insulation materials. International Association for Shell and Spatial Structure (IASS) Symposium 2015, Future Visions, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
L. Badarnah, 2015. A biophysical framework of heat regulation strategies for the design of biomimetic building envelopes. International Conference on Sustainable Design, Engineering and Construction (ICSDEC), Chicago, USA. pdf.
L. Badarnah and U. Knaack, 2011. Living envelopes: biomimicry for building envelope adaptation. Proc. of the 1st Int. Bionic Engineering Conf., Boston, USA. (Presentation)
L. Badarnah, Y. Nachman Farchi, and U. Knaack, 2010. Solutions from nature for building envelope thermoregulation. Proc. of the fifth Design & Nature Conf.: Comparing Design and Nature with Science and Engineering, eds. Carpi A & Brebbia CA, WITpress: Southampton, pp. 251- 262. (Presentation and publication). pdf.
L. Badarnah, 2009. Bio-mimic to realize: biomimicry for innovation in architecture. The Architecture Annual 2007-2008, Delft University of Technology, eds. L. Calabrese, A. Doeschate, A. Geenen, D. Hauptmann, and U. Knaack, 010 Publishers: Rotterdam, pp. 54-59. (Publication). pdf.
L. Badarnah, U. Kadri, and U. Knaack, 2008. A bio-inspired ventilating envelope optimized by air-flow simulations. Proc. of SB08: World Sustainable Building Conf. 2008, Melbourne, Australia, pp. 230-237. (Publication). pdf.
L. Badarnah and U. Knaack, 2008. Shading/energy generating skin inspired from natural systems. Proc. of SB08: World Sustainable Building Conf. 2008, Melbourne, Australia, pp. 305-312. (Presentation and publication). pdf.
L. Badarnah and U. Knaack, 2008. Organizational features in leaves for application in shading systems for building envelopes. Proc. of the fourth Design & Nature Conf.: Comparing Design and Nature with Science and Engineering, ed. C.A., Brebbia, WITpress: Southampton, pp. 87-96. (Presentation and publication). pdf.
L. Badarnah and U. Knaack, 2007. Bio-Inspired Ventilating System for Building Envelopes. Proc. of the Int. Conf. of the 21st Century: Building Stock Activation, ed. Y. Kitsutaka, TIHEI: Tokyo, pp. 431-438. (Presentation and publication). pdf.
L. Badarnah and U. Knaack, 2007. Bionic breathing skin for buildings. Proc. of the Int. Conf. SB07: Sustainable Construction, Materials and Practices, ed. L. Braganca, M.D. Pinheiro, S. Jalali, R. Mateus, R. Amoêda and M.C. Guedes, IOS press: Amsterdam, pp. 612-619. (Presentation and publication). pdf.
FEATURED IN
Biotectonica Blog, Research & Design Studio at the School of Architecture of the Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico, Wilfredo Mendez Vazquez, 8 August 2014: Interview. URL
W. Nachtigall & G. Pohl, pp. 202-203 & 236-239, 2013. Bau-Bionik: Natur – Analogien – Technik (German edition). Springer: Heidelberg. URL
Building as Unusual series, Earth 2.0 Hub, 11 June 2013. Online at: http://earth2hub.com/people/lidia_badarnah_kad. URL
Dax magazine, 4(24), pp. 51, 2009 – Building innovation. pdf.
Student prizes 2005 – the annual award magazine of students at the faculty of architecture at Technion, pp. 26-27, 2006. “Public complex at the historical core of the Arab village of Sakhnin”. pdf.
Perspectiva magazine, pp. 41, 24, 2005. “Reiskin award, final project at the faculty of architecture and town planning at the Technion – Public complex at the historical core of the Arab village of Sakhnin” (available in Hebrew). pdf.
Bayit ve Noy magazine, pp. 40, 84, 2005. “Activation of the traditional village - Sakhnin” (available in Hebrew). pdf.
Kol el Arab – the local and national newspaper, pp.63, 22.07.2005. “Top research awards at the Technion” (available in Arabic). pdf.