Biomimicry : The Complexity of Nature Morphology to Enhance the Energy Efficiency of 20th Century Built Heritage Interiors
| dc.contributor.author | Alves, Alberto | |
| dc.contributor.department | bachelor thesis in | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2022-01-04 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-11-28T13:26:37Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2025-11-28T13:26:37Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2021 | |
| dc.description.abstract | MACHINE-GENERATED SUMMARY NOTE : The construction industry is known to have an enormous and detrimental impacts on the environment such as high energy consumptions, degradation of natural resources, among others. Sustainability has become, however, responsible for diminishing these impacts accomplishing balances between the built environment and the ecosystem. The inquiry for sustainable responses to human challenges increased exponentially, consequently, fomented different professional fields to learn from nature's 3.8 billion years of experience. Hence, the origin of Biomimicry, the design inspired by the way biology has been solving functional challenges that proffer sustainable solutions to human issues. Biomimicry is not a romantic allusion to some intangible Arcadia, it is, however, one of the best sources of solutions that allows humankind to flourish in balance with the biosphere making the shift from industrial to ecological age. The purpose of this research is to examine Biomimicry principles and their implementation to balance 20th century building conservation, energy efficiency and user's comfort | en |
| dc.description.degree | BA | |
| dc.description.tableofcontents | MACHINE-GENERATED CONTENTS NOTE : DECLARATION.................................................................................................................................................................. - 2 - ACKNOWLEDGEMENT .................................................................................................................................................... - 3 - ABSTRACT ......................................................................................................................................................................... - 4 - TERMINOLOGIES.............................................................................................................................................................. - 7 - CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION......................................................................................................................................... - 9 - 1.2 Research Questions ......................................................................................................................................... - 10 - 1.3 Aim of Research .............................................................................................................................................. - 10 - 1.4 Proposed Research Methodology .................................................................................................................... - 11 - CHAPTER 2: IN VIVO GENIUS ...................................................................................................................................... - 13 - 2.1 Historical Critical Analysis: Ornamentations and Biomimicry ....................................................................... - 13 - 2.1.1 Ancient Egypt Architecture ............................................................................................................................. - 13 - 2.1.2 Ancient Greek Architecture ............................................................................................................................. - 13 - 2.1.3 Analysis ........................................................................................................................................................... - 14 - 2.2 Paradigm: Development Vs Sustainability .............................................................................................................. - 14 - 2.3 Biomimicry Methodology ....................................................................................................................................... - 15 - CHAPTER 3: INTEGRATING DESIGN LENSES OF BIOMIMICRY INTO ARCHITECTURE .................................. - 20 - 3.1 Thermoregulation and Biomimetic Thermoregulatory Application in Architecture................................................... - 20 - 3.2 Green Roof (GR) as Urban Ecosystem .................................................................................................................... - 21 - CHAPTER 4: AN ETHOS OF SUSTAINABILITY; CIRCULAR ECONOMY ............................................................... - 24 - 4.1 Circular Economy .................................................................................................................................................... - 24 - 4.2 Adaptive Architecture: Balancing Energy- Saving Design and Historic Preservation ............................................... - 26 - 4.3 Biomimicry Interdisciplinary: Solving problems in Biology and Technology (Parametric Design) .......................... - 27 - CHAPTER 5: CASE STUDIES ......................................................................................................................................... - 29 - 5.1 Case Study I: Burj Khalifa....................................................................................................................................... - 29 - 5.1.1 Architecture ..................................................................................................................................................... - 29 - 5.2 Tao Zhu Yin Yuan Tower (Agora Garden) A Carbon-absorbing Vertical Forest.................................................... - 31 - 5.2.1 Vincent Callebaut Architecture........................................................................................................................ - 31 - 5.2.2 Green Certification: U.S Green Building Council, LEED Gold+ Low Carbon Building Alliance, Diamond Level......................................................................................................................................................................... - 32 - 5.2.3 Building Structure............................................................................................................................................ - 32 - 5.2.4 Sustainable Approach ...................................................................................................................................... - 33 - 5.3 The Hotel des Postes: Vincent Callebaut................................................................................................................. - 34 - 5.3.1 Vincent Callebaut Architecture........................................................................................................................ - 34 - 5.4 Shanghai Natural History Museum.......................................................................................................................... - 37 - 5.4.1 Architecture ..................................................................................................................................................... - 38 - 5.4.2 Program Features ............................................................................................................................................. - 39 - 5.5. Case Studies Comparative Analysis and Conclusion.............................................................................................. - 39 - CHAPTER 6: DESIGN PROPOSAL ................................................................................................................................. - 41 - 6.1 Chosen Program- Parque Lage ................................................................................................................................ - 41 - 6.2 Program Overview................................................................................................................................................... - 42 - 6.2.1 Addition ........................................................................................................................................................... - 42 - 6.3 Design Concept "Iridescence" ................................................................................................................................. - 43 - 6.3.1 Biological Domain: HummingBird: Costa's Hummingbird Calypte costae .................................................... - 43 - 6.3.2 Transfer Phase ................................................................................................................................................. - 44 - 6.3.3 Technological Domain..................................................................................................................................... - 44 - 6.4 Design Project Proposal Visualizations and technical drawings.............................................................................. - 46 - CHAPTER 7: CONCLUSION ........................................................................................................................................... - 55 - 7.1 Concluding Remarks ............................................................................................................................................... - 55 - APPENDIX ........................................................................................................................................................................ - 56 - Jun Kamei...................................................................................................................................................................... - 56 - BIBLIOGRAPHY | en |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://repository.berlin-international.de/handle/123456789/654 | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | |
| dc.subject | Sustainable architecture | |
| dc.subject | Biomimicry | |
| dc.subject | Biomimetics | |
| dc.subject | Conservation, preservation | |
| dc.title | Biomimicry : The Complexity of Nature Morphology to Enhance the Energy Efficiency of 20th Century Built Heritage Interiors | |
| dc.type | Thesis |
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