Living Architecture

[Past Projects]

Dr. Petra Gruber and Thibaut Houette


Petra Gruber’s lab investigates the transfer of biological strategies to architectural design to implement relevant qualities of life into our built environment.

By joining the lab, you will be part of a complete design process:

  • research of biological role models,
  • design phase based on the abstracted role models,
  • construction of (on-site) prototypes.

You will mainly focus on the biological research and construction of a prototype, alongside graduate students and researchers, within one of the Biomimicry Research and Innovation Center’s (BRIC) research labs.

With the overlap between biology, architecture, and design, this is a chance for you to get a hands-on experience in multiple fields and learn ways to combine these disciplines in order to design our future.

Click here for more information on Dr. Gruber’s lab.