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  2. Biomimetic architecture - Wikipedia

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    Biomimetic architecture is a branch of the new science of biomimicry defined and popularized by Janine Benyus in her 1997 book (Biomimicry: Innovation Inspired by Nature). ). Biomimicry (bios - life and mimesis - imitate) refers to innovations inspired by nature as one which studies nature and then imitates or takes inspiration from its designs and processes to solve human problem

  3. Metabolism (architecture) - Wikipedia

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    The Nakagin Capsule Tower in Tokyo displayed small apartment units (capsules) attached to a central building core.. Metabolism (Japanese: メタボリズム, Hepburn: metaborizumu, also shinchintaisha (新陳代謝)) was a post-war Japanese biomimetic architectural movement that fused ideas about architectural megastructures with those of organic biological growth.

  4. Michael Pawlyn - Wikipedia

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    In 2007 he established Exploration Architecture to develop work that employs biomimicry [7] as a guiding principal and brings together three lifelong passions - biology, design and the environment. At TED Salon London, November 2010, Michael Pawlyn became one of the small number of architects to have a talk posted to TED. [ 8 ]

  5. Cradle-to-cradle design - Wikipedia

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    The C2C concept foresees its own certification of its analysis [33] and therefore is in contradiction to international publishing standards (ISO 14040 [34] and ISO 14044 [35]) for life-cycle assessment whereas an independent external review is needed in order to obtain comparative and resilient results.

  6. Bionic architecture - Wikipedia

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    In her book, Biomimicry: Innovation Inspired by Nature (1997), Janine Benyus formulated a set of questions that can be used to establish the level of bio mimicry within an architectural design. In order to ensure that an architectural design follows the principles of bionics, the answer must be ‘yes’ to the following questions: [ citation ...

  7. Environmental design - Wikipedia

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    Environmental design is the process of addressing surrounding environmental parameters when devising plans, programs, policies, buildings, or products. It seeks to create spaces that will enhance the natural, social, cultural and physical environment of particular areas. [1]

  8. Category:Architecture templates - Wikipedia

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    [[Category:Architecture templates]] to the <includeonly> section at the bottom of that page. Otherwise, add <noinclude>[[Category:Architecture templates]]</noinclude> to the end of the template code, making sure it starts on the same line as the code's last character.

  9. N. John Habraken - Wikipedia

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    N. John Habraken was born on 29 October 1928 in Bandung, Dutch East Indies.He studied architecture at Delft Technical University, the Netherlands from 1948 to 1955. From 1965 to 1975, he was the founding director of Stichting Architecten Research (Foundation for Architects Research) (SAR) in the Netherlands, researching and developing methods for the design and construction of adaptable housing.