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Nature-inspired designs give rise to stronger, lighter systems
Wing of a dragonfly close up.

Masoud Akbarzadeh of the Weitzman School of Design leads a multidisciplinary group of architectural designers, structural engineers, computer scientists, and more in his Polyhedral Structures Laboratory. He explores ways in which polyhedral geometries that frequently occur in nature can be used to make stronger and lighter structures, all while using fewer materials. Akbarzadeh discusses a recent study drawing inspiration from dragonfly wings.

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Nature-inspired designs give rise to stronger, lighter systems

Weitzman’s Masoud Akbarzadeh discusses a recent multidisciplinary study that draws inspiration from dragonfly wings to redesign a Boeing 777 to be lighter, stronger, and more sustainable.
Infrastructure planning on a megaregional scale
Zoe Kerrich and students in a gallery.

Students including Zoe Kerrich (far left) presented their proposals to community members and other guest critics at the final review.

(Image: Eric Sucar)

Infrastructure planning on a megaregional scale

A Weitzman School research studio focusing on megaregions brings an interdisciplinary practice to both academia and infrastructure planning.

From the Weitzman School of Design

Penn exhibition surfaces the story of Minerva Parker Nichols, the first American woman to have an independent architecture practice

Penn exhibition surfaces the story of Minerva Parker Nichols, the first American woman to have an independent architecture practice

A profile highlights an exhibition at the Architectural Archives of the Weitzman School of Design about Minerva Parker Nichols, the first American woman to practice architecture independently.