First field
Human wearables
Garments that breathe with the body. Microclimate zones for chest, back, ribs, shoulders, underarms, and neck.
ASTRŒGROUP
Observe. Translate. Build.
ASTRŒDON studies natural systems and converts their principles into wearable, robotic, and environmental architectures. Our first field of work is the human microclimate.
What we investigate
Observation becomes principle.Principle becomes architecture.
Nature shows the behavior. ASTRŒDON builds the architecture.
ASTRŒDON is not building gadgets. It is building physical systems that help bodies, garments, machines, and environments regulate themselves.
- 01ObservationWhat nature already solved.
- 02PrincipleThe physical behavior behind it.
- 03ArchitectureThe engineered structure we build from that behavior.
- 04ApplicationWhere the architecture can live.
- Observation
Termite mounds regulate airflow without fans.
- Principle
Pressure gradients can move air through distributed channels.
- Architecture
Passive routing layers and protected air chambers.
- Application
Garments, robotics, shelters, equipment skins.
- Observation
Honeycomb preserves structure with minimal material.
- Principle
Distributed cells resist collapse while preserving open volume.
- Architecture
Suspension plenum for airflow under compression.
- Application
Wearables, cushions, protective gear, robot skins.
- Observation
Scales, feathers, and denticles direct flow across surfaces.
- Principle
Surface geometry can capture, bias, and guide moving air.
- Architecture
Directional intake skins.
- Application
Cooling garments, adaptive panels, breathable exteriors.
From observation to form
The system beganas a question.
Before BioVent became a layered architecture, it existed as sketches, comparisons, geometry studies, failed ideas, and repeated attempts to understand how air could be captured, guided, shared, and released through a wearable structure.
The drawing is not the answer. It is the first test of the question.
Sketch → geometry → model
From a line to a layer.
- 01Sketch
- 02Isolate
- 03Vector
- 04Layers
- 05Model
Form
Featured programArchitecture 001
BioVent
Passive microclimate architecture for breathable systems.
Active R&D
BioVent is a layered passive airflow architecture designed to catch, guide, share, preserve, and route air through a wearable structure.
Each unit is a module. Repeated side by side and stacked, it becomes a panel that can run across a garment.
- It is not a fan.
- It is not a cooling shirt.
It is a physical architecture for managing airflow, spacing, pressure, and exhaust inside soft systems.
Layer doctrine
Five verbs.One passage of air.
Method
Observe. Measure.Adapt. Trace.
- 01ObserveStart from a natural system that already manages air.
- 02MeasureName what will be measured before anything is built.
- 03AdaptTurn the principle into geometry that can be printed, changed and printed again.
- 04TraceFollow the air through the result, then test it.
Conceptual flow-routing study
On the model, Airflow indicates the principle: in at the intake, through the layers, out at the exhaust. It is indicative, drawn from the design intent; it is not a simulation result, and the exact routing stays protected.
Show it on the model ↑Prototype · testing
We show the work.
- 01Observe
- 02Concept
- 03Simulation
- 04Physical validation
- 05Specification
- 06Protection
- 07Standardization
Every architecture moves through the same stages. The stages are shown; their contents are not.
Environment contains the body. The body carries the garment. The garment creates the interface. The interface houses the core.
How BioVent is proven
One number decidesΔTskinSkin-microclimate temperature reduction, in °C, against a matched control garment.
- The metric is ΔTskin. Everything else is diagnostic.
- Simulation ranks. Physical testing validates.
- Outcome public. Mechanism dark.
- The test must be able to say no.
The validation method is defined before the geometry it measures. Results are published only once they are verified. The outcome may be visible; the mechanism stays protected.
Visual flow test rig
Smoke-flow study
The bench rig BioVent's physical tests start from: a 90 mm fan, a clear acrylic chamber and a smoke inlet, with the stack on a simple mount in the middle.
- 90 mm fan
- Smoke inlet
- Acrylic chamber
- Air drawn through BioVent
Research notes
Sketch · hypothesis · what changed · status · program
Future research programs
One architecture.Multiple environments.
BioVent is the first program, not the only one. From it, the same logic branches into RÆNO garments, robot breathable skins, sensor-integrated wearables, thermal-gradient research, microclimate control, and field-ready adaptive equipment.
Directions, not products. ASTRŒDON is structured for more than one program, including government-funded research; new programs appear here when they open.
BioVentCore
Direction
Robotic skin
Breathable skins for machines that generate heat. Passive exhaust layers for humanoid robots, drones, and field equipment.
Future research
Energy / thermal gradient
Future systems may use managed heat and humidity gradients for sensing, low-power harvesting, or adaptive response.
Direction
Field equipment / protective
Passive ventilation architecture for protective gear, load-bearing systems, helmets, packs, and occupational equipment.
Direction
Microclimate bench
A controlled bench for studying airflow, temperature, and humidity inside wearable architectures.
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