The biomimetics seminar provided an introduction to the analysis of systems found in nature with the goal of mimicking those systems in a computational environment. Once created, these computational systems can be implemented to solve challenges which arise in a diverse range of disciplines. As architectural designers who are exploring how to build environmentally sensitive structures and systems, an understanding of the discipline of using biomimetics in design is essential. During the seminar our team focussed on social insects. A study of insects was translated into an agent-based computational system. We focussed specifically on leaf cutter ants. One of the most distinctive features of these ants’ behavior is they way that they work collaboratively to harvest foliage, creating extremely efficient transportation networks through often geometrically complex environments. We focussed on how algorithms based on the understanding of these networks could be implemented in an architectural setting. Geometries created by the computational system were applied to the design of a pavilion.