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Biomimicry in Architecture
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What do we mean by ‘biomimicry’?The term ‘biomimicry’ first appeared in scientific literaturein 1962,1 and grew in usage particularly amongstmaterials scientists in the 1980s. Some scientistspreferred the term ‘biomimetics’ or, less frequently,‘bionics’. There has been an enormous surge of interestduring the last ten years, brought about to a large extentby individuals like biological-sciences writer JanineBenyus, Professor of Biology Steven Vogel and Professorof Biomimetics Julian Vincent, who have all writtenextensively in this subject area. Julian Vincent definesit as ‘the abstraction of good design from nature’,2while for Janine Benyus it is ‘The conscious emulationof nature’s genius’.3 The only significant differencebetween ‘biomimetics’ and ‘biomimicry’ is that manyusers of the latter intend it to be specifically focused ondeveloping sustainable solutions, whereas the formercan be, and on occasions has been, applied to fields ofendeavour such as military technology. I will be usingbiomimicry and biomimetics as essentially synonymous,and I like to define the discipline as ‘mimickingthe functional basis of biological forms, processes andsystems to produce sustainable solutions’.
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Biomimicry in Architecture!
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Image © Dr Mark Fricker!
Image © Anterovium - Fotolia The Biomimetic Office!
Areca palm! Mother in law’s tongue! Money plant!
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Image © adisa - Fotolia!
Image © Lucky dragon USA - Fotolia !
Image © Ecoview - Fotolia!!
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Image (colour negative) © Alexander Potapov - Fotolia!
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The Biomimetic Office by Exploration Architecture! Image © Exploration Architecture!
The Biomimetic Office by Exploration Architecture! Image © Exploration Architecture!
Image courtesy of NASA!
The Sahara Forest Project!
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The Eden Project
The Eden Project
Human-made systems Biological systems
Simple, disconnected Complex, interconnected
Linear / wasteful Closed loop / zero waste
Resistant to change Adapted to constant change
Long-term toxins No long-term toxins
Fossil-fuel dependent Current solar income
Maximise one goal Optimised as whole system
Extractive Regenerative
“. . . adversity is not the end of a story but, where there is courage and vision, the beginning of a new one, a greater one than before.” Ben Okri
