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NATURE ADVERSARY Gulf of Mexico-hurricane Katrina Aug 28, 2005 satellite image (enhanced visible) 2 http://www.sky-chaser.com/kat05.htm
NATURE BENEFACTOR Extreme beauty – rainforest, complex coexistence… http://www.all-creatures.org/hope/gw/02_Amazon_beauty.htm
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NATURE HAS SHAPED US Evolution from Ape to Human http://www.all-creatures.org/hope/gw/02_Amazon_beauty.htm
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nature has shaped us…. (Holocene) Anthropocene - TECHNOLOGY IS NOW RE-SHAPING US (nature) httpwww.talkorigins.orgfaqshomsfaqs.html
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RESILIENCE “is the long-term capacity of a system, be it an individual, a forest, a city or an economy, to deal with change
and continue to develop. It is about the capacity to use shocks and disturbances like a financial crisis or climate change to spur renewal and
innovative thinking. Resilience thinking embraces learning, diversity and above all the belief that humans and nature are strongly
coupled to the point that they should be conceived as one social-ecological system.” (h%p://stockholmresilience.org/download/ 18.10119fc11455d3c557d6d21/1398172490555/ SU_SRC_wha@sresilience_sidaApril2014.pdf )
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RESILIENT ECO-SYSTEM EARTH AND ITS ECOLOGICAL THRESHOLDS deals with change and continue to develop (evolves and adapts) (Credits: Azote Images/Stockholm Resilience Centre)
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RESILIENT NATURE SPUR NEW RENEWAL AND INNOVATIVE THINKING regenerates and bounces back (performative) http://oregonstate.edu/terra/2006/07/after-the-fire
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SOCIAL-ECOLOGICAL (ROBUST) SYSTEM HUMANS AND NATURE are strongly COUPLED (interconnected)
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NATURE ABILITY TO DEAL WITH CHANGE (evolves and adapts) REGENERATE (performative) CO-EVOLUTION (interconnected)
ARCHITECTURE
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Biomimicry Design Inspired by Nature
bios – life mimesis – imitation principles: nature as model nature as measure nature as mentor processes eco-system forms
(J. Benyus – Biomimicry Institute)
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ARCHITECTURE FOLLOWS NATURE LEARNING FROM NATURE “Nature does nothing uselessly” Aristotle
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The building as a shelter both protects and engages the inhabitants with the environment. The SKIN is a complex and incredibly sophisticated organ that performs various functions including: protection, sensation, as well as heat regulation. Similarly, building envelopes serve multiple roles as an interface between building inhabitants and environmental elements. The resulting architectural building envelopes perform and respond. It takes into consideration the dynamic local environmental conditions; enhancing and supporting these conditions rather than exploiting them. The envelopes create a more sustainable way of building and living. LIVING ORGANIMS BODY – SYSTEMS ability to deal with change (evolves and adapts) BODY WORKS
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SKIN CHARACTERISTICS thermoregulation, water balance, protection, communication….. BUILDING ENVELOPES ability to deal with change (evolves and adapts)
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NATURE ABILITY TO DEAL WITH CHANGE (evolves and adapts) REGENERATE (performative) CO-EVOLUTION (interconnected) i. mazzoleni, s. price, architecture follows nature
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BI-INSPIRED & RESILIENT
ARCHITECTURE ADAPTABLE (dynamic and adapts to local environmental conditions) INNOVATIVE (enhance performance) INTERCONNECTED (co-exists and creates interconnectedness) i. mazzoleni, s. price, architecture follows nature
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ADAPTABLE (dynamic and adapts to local environmental conditions)
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Polar Bear Ursus maritimus Thermoregulation
Photograph courtesy of M. Johnson, Project team: im studio mi/la & I. Mazzoleni
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Adaptable (dynamic and adapts to local environmental conditions)
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Adaptable (dynamic and adapts to local environmental conditions)
Adaptable (dynamic and adapts to local environmental conditions)
Adaptable (dynamic and adapts to local environmental conditions)
Adaptable (dynamic and adapts to local environmental conditions)
INNOVATIVE regenerate and bounces back (exploring the performative)
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Lettuce sea slug Elysia crispata
Photograph courtesy of P. Krug, Project team: A. Munoz & R. Hopkins
HAITI EARTHQUAKE Jan 12, 2010 - POWER OUTAGE SPUR NEW RENEWAL AND INNOVATIVE THINKING Innovative (enhance performance)
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Elysia crispata lives on coral reefs and in mangrove lagoons of the Caribbean Sea. Innovative (enhance performance)
SPUR NEW RENEWAL AND INNOVATIVE THINKING regenerates and bounces back Innovative (enhance performance)
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Innovative (enhance performance)
Networks of structural tubes support a series of interconnected modules which contain micro algae whose main purpose is to create biofuel. The translucent pipes contain bioluminescent algae whose main purpose is to provide bright coloration during the day and bioluminescence at night.
INTERCONNECTED (co-evolves, co-exists and creates interconnectedness)
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Dyeing dart frog Dendrobates tinctorius
Photograph courtesy of M. Bartelds, Project team: E. Lani & J. Su
Interconnected (co-evolves, co-exists and creates interconnectedness)
Exploded wall section illustrating: Layer 1: Selectively Permeable Layer, Layer 2: Chilled condensers and lighting, Layer 3: Structured foam desiccant, Layer 4 + 5: Light weight post + tension structure to facilitate maximum flow of dry air, Layer 6: Secondary Selectively Permeable Layer to prevent reverse absorption.
BI-INSPIRED / BIOMIMETIC ARCHITECTURE Adaptable (dynamic and adapts to local environmental conditions) Innovative (enhance performance – form WITH function) Interconnected (co-exists and creates interconnectedness) i. mazzoleni, s. price, architecture follows nature
Revealing the potentials of the environment, the Architecture of the XXI Century is called for a resilient, interconnected interplay with nature. THANK YOU www.imstudio.us | info@imstudio.us