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The Influence of the Concepts of Biophilia and Biomimicry in Contemporary Architecture
Author(s)
Pedro Ressano Garcia
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DOI:10.17265/1934-7359/2017.05.010
Affiliation(s)
Department of Architecture and Urban Planning, Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias, Lisboa, Portugal
ABSTRACT
The contemporary demand for reducing carbon emission is changing the way
architects design buildings, thus influencing a wide range of new solutions. In
this paper, the author presents a method that
intends to contribute for the discussion of recent strategies that lower the buildings’ consumption of energy. The study
establishes three priority
parameters to analyze the façades based on
the materials, the practices and the thermal behavior. Each parameter is
measured separately scaled from artificial to natural building materials, local
to distant practices and insulation to inertia. The design of façades has been evolving to follow complex
regulations that aim to increase the required sustainable performance of
buildings. Scientific data is measurable individually by each parameter, though
the cross influence between parameters raise the level of complexity. Shading
systems, solar passive energy influence the measurement but the growing use of
renewable energies affects the measurements of
energy consumption. Each design responds differently to climatic conditions,
and requires complex analyses considering the specificity of the natural
environment and cultural context. The discussion makes
use of scientific data that influences architectural design, the research
requires a broader perception thus including cultural aspects. Recent high tech
insulating systems have an effect on design solutions that characterize
biophilia (human love of nature). The wisdom of traditional local solutions
tested over generations holds cultural aspects of biomimicry (nature as model).
The aim is to discuss whether the framework based on biophilia and biomimicry
is useful for the research.
KEYWORDS
Architecture, biophilia and biomimicry, low-tech and high-tech solutions.
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