Contemporary interdisciplinary design requires architects' knowledge and cooperation with
such fields as construction, material engineering, fabrication methods, and knowledge in …

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 …

Regenerative development calls for built environment design, construction and operation
approaches that do not degrade social and ecological systems but actively regenerate them …

Biomimicry has attracted the attention of scholars and architects because of its potential for
contributing to the design of energy efficient buildings. Given the importance of energy …

The literature shows that translating the thermal adaptation mechanisms of biological
organisms to building design solutions can improve energy performance. In the context of …

Biomimicry is increasingly being used to drive sustainable constructional development in
recent years. By emulating the designs and processes of nature, biomimicry offers a wealth …

This book describes the detailed process behind the development of a comprehensive
thermo-bio-architectural framework (the ThBA). This framework systematically connects the …

Design inspired by nature has been known as biomimicry or biomimetic design that is
believed to transform human technologies into a sustainable status through translation of …

The relationship between design and nature has been intertwined for the past 400 years.
Throughout history, designers have adopted nature to build shapes, forms, and …

Nature embraces enormous resources for biomimicry yet faces many challenges, including
embodying and simulating environmental systems and processes into technical systems …