Bridging biophilic design and environmentally sustainable design: A critical review

N Wijesooriya, A Brambilla - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2021 - Elsevier
Environmentally sustainable design (ESD) is widely recognised as a key strategy for the
mitigation of the impact of buildings on the environment. ESD focuses on energy …

Integration of environmental sustainability considerations within architectural programmes in higher education: A review of teaching and implementation approaches

P Boarin, A Martinez-Molina - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2022 - Elsevier
As education providers, universities play a pivotal role in developing and delivering quality
education that contributes to the achievement of the “2030 Agenda for Sustainable …

What does it mean to mimic nature? A typology for biomimetic design

A Gerola, Z Robaey, V Blok - Philosophy & Technology, 2023 - Springer
In an effort to produce new and more sustainable technologies, designers have turned to
nature in search of inspiration and innovation. Biomimetic design (from the Greek bios, life …

Multidisciplinary and transdisciplinary collaboration in nature-based design of sustainable architecture and urbanism

AN Butt, B Dimitrijević - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
Multidisciplinary, interdisciplinary, and transdisciplinary collaboration (TDC) continue to
address complex societal problems such as sustainable development, global environmental …

Application of biomimetics to architectural and urban design: A review across scales

Y Uchiyama, E Blanco, R Kohsaka - Sustainability, 2020 - mdpi.com
Application of biomimetics has expanded progressively to other fields in recent years,
including urban and architectural design, scaling up from materials to a larger scale …

[HTML][HTML] Biomimetic Strategies for Sustainable Resilient Cities: Review across Scales and City Systems

O Borham, B Croxford, D Wilson - Biomimetics, 2024 - mdpi.com
Biomimicry applications in different domains, from material science to technology, have
proven to be promising in inspiring innovative solutions for present-day challenges …

Role of design thinking and biomimicry in leveraging sustainable innovation

N Kanwal, U Awan - 2020 - lutpub.lut.fi
Biophilic thinking is an approach to solve problems of nature and humankind by applying
creative approaches of biophysics and biomimicry designs for conceptualization and …

The intensive care unit environment from the perspective of medical, allied health and nursing clinicians: a qualitative study to inform design of the 'ideal'bedspace

O Tronstad, D Flaws, JF Fraser, S Patterson - Australian Critical Care, 2021 - Elsevier
Background While the impact of the intensive care environment on patients' experiences
and outcomes has been extensively studied, relatively little research has examined the …

Bioinspiration as a method of problem‐based STEM education: A case study with a class structured around the COVID‐19 crisis

EC Snell‐Rood, D Smirnoff, H Cantrell… - Ecology and …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Bioinspiration is a promising lens for biology instruction as it allows the instructor to focus on
current issues, such as the COVID‐19 pandemic. From social distancing to oxygen stress …

Applications of biomimicry in architecture, construction and Civil engineering

M AlAli, Y Mattar, MA Alzaim, S Beheiry - Biomimetics, 2023 - mdpi.com
Globally, the construction sector is regarded as one of the major contributors to greenhouse
gas emissions, energy consumption, freshwater usage, resource utilization, and solid waste …