New functional behaviours for sustainable building skin. Material biomimetic features for outer envelope

The digital revolution can be an enabling factor for the transition to the circular economy model, by changing the interpretation of sustainability paradigm itself. Environmental concerns push the adoption of biomimetic approaches to develop applications within the building sector too. The paper describes a study to identify the biomimetic features of smart materials suitable for applications in building skins. The study relates the material biomimetic functional features through a gauge inspired by Biomimicry Design Lens and the fallouts on the circular economy targets