Weekly Task 2

RESOURCES

http://inhabitat.com/graft-labs-vertical-village-in-dubai-has-spiders-web-of-solar-panels/vertical2/
http://biomimeticarchitecture.wordpress.com/2010/10/23/maria-mingallon-and-the-architecture-of-the-dragonfly-wing/
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1200/is_v128/ai_3891381/
http://fiftytwosteps.blogspot.com.au/2010/07/step-twenty-eight-old-dragonfly-bearing.html

The importance of the geometry in dragonfly's wings are very interesting and how they all must be in that certain shapes and sizes to link together and be one. Repeated patterns and its shapes and sizes are interesting to alter and see the form change as the numbers of sides get higher and area expands. As shown in the image, when it’s closely looked, the branch has its own thickness and height. As it gets towards the root of the wing, the branch gets thicker compared to the edge of the wing.

Looking at the top view of whole dragon fly, it is symmetric in the y-axis. Two wings at the left reflect exactly to right wings. Its tail has segments allowing it to bend smoothly.

The diagram is showing the rigidity and flexibility of the wing according to its shape and area of each segment. It shows how the wing bends for the purpose of flight. If the number of sides were to increase, which means flexibility will also increase together and show the different form and structure of the wing.