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1 online resource (275 pages) : illustrations |
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Title Page ; Copyright Page ; Table of Contents ; 1 INTRODUCTION; 2 BACKGROUND; 2.1 ARCHITECTURE; 2.1.1 Which architectures are important in this context? ; 2.1.2 Categories of architecture; 2.1.3 Where biomimetics comes into play ; 2.1.4 The many levels of a project; 2.1.5 Quality in architecture; 2.1.6 Innovation and expectation; 2.2 BIONICS [BIONIK]BIOMIMETICS ; 2.2.1 Terms, definitions and related fields ; 2.2.2 Historical background and development of bionik ; 2.2.3 Recent views; 2.2.4 Fields of research and examples; 2.3 TRANSFER AND METHODS; 2.3.1 Interdisciplinarity |
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2.3.2 Inspiration2.3.3 Analogy; 2.3.4 Similarity and scale; 2.3.5 Convergence; 2.3.6 Reflow of information; 2.3.7 Models and abstraction; 2.3.8 Methods of transfer; 3 CLASSICAL APPROACHES TO INVESTIGATE OVERLAPS BETWEEN BIOLOGY AND ARCHITECTURE ; 3.1 RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN NATURE AND ARCHITECTURE ; 3.1.1 Inside or outside; 3.1.2 Positions; 3.2 NATURAL CONSTRUCTION -- 3.2.1 Buildings of animals; 3.2.2 Traditional architecture; 3.2.3 Architecture with aspects from nature ; 3.3 NATURE'S DESIGN PRINCIPLES ; 3.3.1 Physics; 3.3.2 Energy efficiency; 3.3.3 Self-organisation and chaos theory |
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3.3.4 Information3.3.6 Self-design, learning, smartness; 3.3.7 Nature's numbers; 3.3.8 Structure and function; 3.4 PARALLELS, DIFFERENCES AND SYNERGIES BETWEEN DESIGN IN NATURE AND IN ARCHITECTURE ; 3.5 BIOMIMETICS IN CONSTRUCTION AND ARCHITECTURE ; 4 NEW APPROACHES AND APPLICATION OF BIOLOGY'S LIFE CRITERIA ON ARCHITECTURE ; 4.1 LIFE, BIOLOGY; 4.1.1 What is alive? Inanimate, animate and dead nature ; 4.1.2 The smallest unit of life: the cell; 4.1.3 General characteristics of life; 4.1.4 Classical criteria of life; 4.1.5 Evolution theory; 4.1.6 Ecosystems and cybernetics |
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4.2 ARCHITECTURAL INTERPRETATION OF LIFE CRITERIA 4.2.1 Openness; 4.2.2 Self-organisation; 4.2.3 Information processing; 4.2.4 Limitation -- space and time, death as renewal ; 4.2.5 Order; 4.2.6 Propagation; 4.2.7 Growth; 4.2.8 Energy processing; 4.2.9 Reaction to the environment; 4.2.10 Homoeostasis and metabolism; 4.2.11 Evolution and natural selection; 4.3 COMMENTS AND HITHERTO UNEXPLORED FIELDS ; 4.4 A LIVING ARCHITECTURE; 4.4.1 Life in architecture, or when is architecture considered alive?; 4.4.2 Artificial life in architecture, the artificial designer designs itself |
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4.4.3 Creation of environment5 CASE STUDIES; 5.1 ADAPTATION AND EVOLUTION OF TRADITIONAL ARCHITECTURE ON NIAS ISLAND ; 5.1.1 Introduction; 5.1.2 Earthquake March 2005; 5.1.3 Settlement structures; 5.1.4 Typologies of the Omo Hada -- 5.1.5 Adaptation to environment; 5.1.6 Adaptation to earthquakes; 5.1.7 Differentiation of typologies; 5.1.8 Adaptation of traditional structures ; 5.1.9 Conclusion; 5.1.10 Application: design program Surf Resort Nias ; 5.1.11 Future prospects; 5.2 TRANSFORMATION ARCHITECTURE ; 5.3 LUNAR EXPLORATION ARCHITECTURE ; 5.3.1 Methodology |
| Summary |
"The purpose of investigating the areas common to architecture and biology is not to draw borders or make further distinctions, or even to declare architecture alive, but to clarify what is currently happening in the overlapping fields, and to investigate the emerging discipline of biomimetcs in architecture." .. "An overview of the present state of research in the relatively young scientific field of biomimetics shows the potential of this approach. The new discipline aims at innovation by making use of the subtle systems and solutions in nature which have evolved over millions of years. Approaches taken to transfer nature's principles to architecture have provided successful developments." .. "The new approach presented in this book t ransfers the abstract concept of life onto the built environment. Strategic search for life's criteria in architecture delivers a new view of architectural achievements and makes visible the innovative potential. A selection of case studies illustrates the diversity of possible starting points: from vernacular architecture to space exploration."--BOOK JACKET |
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Includes bibliographical references |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Architecture and biology.
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Biomimetics.
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Biomimetics
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ARCHITECTURE -- Urban & Land Use Planning.
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Ingénierie.
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Architecture and biology
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Biomimetics
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9783709103326 |
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3709103320 |
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3709103312 |
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9783709103319 |
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1283084384 |
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9781283084383 |
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9786613084385 |
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6613084387 |
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