Architecture Follows Nature-Biomimetic Principles for Innovative Design By: Ilaria Mazzoleni Publisher: routledge Print ISBN: 9781466506077, 1466506075 eText ISBN: 9781466506091, 1466506091 Edition: 1st Copyright year: 2013 Format: PDF Available from $ 20.78 USD SKU 9781466506091R90 Applying Properties of Animals Skins to Inspire Architectural Envelopes Biology influences design projects in many ways; the related discipline is known as biomimetics or biomimicry. Using the animal kingdom as a source of inspiration, Ilaria Mazzoleni seeks to instill a shift in thinking about the application of biological principles to design and architecture. She focuses on the analysis of how organisms have adapted to different environments and translates the learned principles into the built environment. To illustrate the methodology, Mazzoleni draws inspiration from the diversity of animal coverings, referred to broadly as skin, and applies them to the design of building envelopes through a series of twelve case studies. Skin is a complex organ that performs a multitude of functions; namely, it serves as a link between the body and the environment. Similarly, building envelopes act as interfaces between their inhabitants and external elements. The resulting architectural designs illustrate an integrative methodology that allows architecture to follow nature. Ilaria Mazzoleni, in collaboration with biologist Shauna Price, has developed a profound methodology for architectural and design incentives that anticipates and proposes novel ways to explore undiscovered biological inspirations for various audiences. —Yoseph Bar-Cohen Additional ISBNs 9781138076693, 1138076694 Download eBook Free: https://ouo.io/cxPDYi
