Nature's Architecture

Abstract Précis:

                  The main focus for my thesis is a deeper look into the true meaning and implications of sustainability. Thinking about this notion has lead investigations to the question of How can biomimicry form new design logistics for sustainable methodologies? The main idea is to investigate a new method of developing a building that integrates biomimicry as the main design concept for sustainable solutions. The theme of this new designing method will develop new building typologies that will fuse with the supporting concepts that define biomimicry. Using investigations of “cradle-to-cradle” design, building form, and passive design utilization, more direct explorations of biomimicry into the built environment will prove to be a beneficial design method for supporting the environment that supports us.

The importance of rethinking and hypothesizing alternatives to sustainability is important to the future of building “less bad”. The idea behind “biomimic” design is to embark on creating a completely efficient building seeing that sustainability has not yet been achieved one hundred percent completeness, but has only embodied a great improvement to the invasive modern lifestyle. Sustainable buildings have been designed to be “less bad” but still do not classify a building to be “beneficial” to the world we live in. The intent of analyzing this subject is to revolutionize buildings and construction to have a positive impact on nature and to build for our future using nature as the main precedence research.

The process for investigating this topic will be to understand through various types of research the importance and effectiveness of infusing a “cradle-to-cradle” design with natural forms and utilization of passive energies. This investigation needs to be the basis for a new methodology of designing solely on the ideas of biomimicry, which can reveal the key components to the most sustainable precedent we know: Mother Nature. The goal is to integrate these ideas into architecture to achieve total sustainability through the creation of these new design typologies. These typologies will present a new method and approach to design that can dramatically benefit the natural environment by learning how to build and become a part of nature.