Nature as Measure: The Biomimicry Guild

Peters, Terri

doi:10.1002/ad.1318

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“…The top-down approach, also called 'challenge-to-biology', consists of seven steps: identify; define; biologize; discover; abstract; emulate; and evaluate. The bottom-up approach, or 'biology-to-design', comprises five steps: discover; abstract; brainstorm; emulate; and evaluate (Peters, 2011). Additionally, Biomimicry 3.8 has developed an open source database called AskNature that classifies biological systems by functions and provides relevant information about each of the biological strategies (Biomimicry 3.8 Institute, 2008).…”

Section: Biomimetic Methods and Toolsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…It has developed several methods and tools, some in partnership with the architectural firm HOK (Lazarus & Crawford, 2011). The first, the Ecological Performance Standards, reflects the specific characteristics of the site where the biomimetic project is to be implemented and provides performance metrics of the site (Peters, 2011). The second, the Fully Integrated Thinking (FIT) design methodology, aims to manage projects from a whole-system perspective that covers environmental, social and economic aspects represented in 15 categories.…”

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Ecosystem biomimetics for resource use optimization in buildings

Garcia-Holguera

Clark

Sprecher³

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Building Research & Information

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An ecomimetic method is developed as an innovative and transdisciplinary design approach rooted in the field of biomimetics. This new method emulates the interrelated complexity of the parts of an ecosystem with the intent to design buildings that are more efficient, effective and holistic. Ecomimetics refers to the design of buildings that mimic ecosystem processes and functions. This approach provides potential opportunities for climate change adaptation and mitigation by optimizing the use of resources in buildings. One challenge to the application of ecomimetics in architecture is the lack of systematic methods supported by scientific research, which may prevent development in this field. A theoretical basis and the initial development of an ecomimetic design method is presented, with a description of each step of the design process. Ecological systems are selected for functional properties that match architectural design goals, and then design tools are used to abstract and transfer those properties to architectural systems. The design tools integrated in the method are from the fields of ecological engineering, systems dynamics and architecture. The case of the Eastgate Center in Harare, Zimbabwe, is used to illustrate the method.

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Section: Biomimetic Methods and Toolsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Biomimetic Methods and Toolsmentioning

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Ecosystem biomimetics for resource use optimization in buildings

Garcia-Holguera

Clark

Sprecher³

et al. 2015

Building Research & Information

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“…La observación y la revisión de la literatura permitió identificar algunas teorías y conceptos que facilitaron el paso de la idea inspiración a un prototipo (ideación). En primer lugar, apareció la biomímesis o biomimética, cuyo principio es el estudio de los procesos naturales para la resolución de problemas y, especialmente para adaptar estrategias aplicables al diseño y la sostenibilidad; en pocas palabras, la naturaleza como fuente de inspiración (Benyus, 1997;Peters, 2011). El manglar, por sus características y propiedades especiales sobresalió como el elemento estructurante del ecosistema social y natural en Mallorquín; de allí que se haya tomado como referente biomimético.…”

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El Proceso De Investigación Creación en Arquitectura Para La Generación De Soluciones Técnicas Y Sostenibles en Entornos Vulnerables

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Los arquitectos tienen un importante rol que cumplir como generadores de alternativas de desarrollo social, brindando opciones que faciliten la coexistencia de las comunidades y la naturaleza bajo las premisas del desarrollo sostenible. Esto plantea la necesidad de repensar los enfoques pedagógicos y las estrategias de enseñanza con la misión de preparar a los futuros arquitectos frente a la agudización de las problemáticas ambientales y sociales. Por otro lado, la paulatina inmersión, obligada o espontánea, de la arquitectura en el ámbito científico, crea la necesidad de documentar y sistematizar el proceso de investigación propio de la disciplina y, a su vez, tener en cuenta el proceso creativo de la obra arquitectónica. En este artículo se presenta el proceso de investigación-creación propuesto por el programa de Arquitectura de la Universidad de la Costa en Barranquilla (Colombia), con el objetivo de contribuir a la discusión y a la ampliación del estado del arte sobre el tema. Al final, se plantea un método de aprendizaje del proyecto arquitectónico con un enfoque investigativo, el cual pretende fortalecer la capacidad resolutiva en el estudiante, ante la complejidad de las necesidades humanas y ambientales.

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“…What can we expect from our buildings." 11 The spirit of programmatic multiplicity and performance is found in MaterialNature as we begin to create surface prototypes that are meant to ride the line between nature as the diviner of form, surface and aesthetic.…”

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MaterialNature: An Opportunistic Paradigm of Architecture and Landscape Ecology

Farr¹

2017

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In this space, small-scale coastal erosion, and natural growth become the vehicle for project based architectural speculation that leverages the resources of local landscapes and creates a new architectural trajectory based upon the need and aesthetic of ecology. Here, MaterialNature is a series of architectural entities that become landscapes over time, made from a mixture of residual materials designed specifically to be weatherized. Its design is intended to provide a potential architectural amenity in areas of recreational activity as well as areas devoid of human contact, while simultaneously realizing a potential for architecture to be born from waste or local material, and to return to nature without providing further waste. As such, this architecture moves from one of formal composition to one where the formal characteristics of local ecology and landscape become more apparent than the form itself.

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Nature as Measure: The Biomimicry Guild

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Ecosystem biomimetics for resource use optimization in buildings

Ecosystem biomimetics for resource use optimization in buildings

El Proceso De Investigación Creación en Arquitectura Para La Generación De Soluciones Técnicas Y Sostenibles en Entornos Vulnerables

MaterialNature: An Opportunistic Paradigm of Architecture and Landscape Ecology

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