Treehugger: Biomimetic Building Uses Termite Mound As Model
Treehugger: Biomimetic Building Uses Termite Mound As Model:
The Eastgate Centre is a shopping centre and office block in central Harare, Zimbabwe. The building was designed to be ventilated and cooled entirely by natural means — it was biomimetically modeled on local termite mounds. It was probably the first building in the world to use natural cooling to this level of sophistication.