BIOMIMICRY- THE GROUP

Biomimicry - Sustainable Architecture Inspired by Nature Theme Leader: Yvonne Wang WHAT Biomimicry: (from bios, meaning life, and mimesis, meaning to imitate) is a new discipline that studies nature as a model, measure, and mentor, then imitates these design principles and processes to solve human problems.      WHY Global issue:  Energy crisis, climate change.  Architectural imperative:  Sustainable design. Nature’s genius:  Nature has a global “research lab” with 3.8 billion years of research and development experience. We human beings are only 200,000 years old. We have a lot to learn from nature. It can provide solutions and inspirations to complex issues such as resource efficiency and waste management.   HOW Nature as a model Nature as a mentor Nature as a measure   We encourage architects to proactively turn to nature and ask “how would nature do it?” and find solutions by emulating nature models.  SO... The application of biomimicry in architecture is refreshing yet underexplored. It is still rather broad and vague for architects to deploy throughout the entire design process.   Our objective here is to further investigate biomimicry and its architectural implications. We need to start consciously exposing ourselves to biomimicry knowledge. We should  look for sustainable solutions by vigorously inquiring and learning from nature about form, structure, system, management, materiality and process.