Presented by Sarah Hay and Dr. Maia Love, an intro to the jam and to the application of Biomimicry and Living Buildings to the design of a wellness center. For Design Nerd Jam 5.5: Biomimicry + Living Buildings, April 28, 2011 @the HiVE. More info: www.vancouver.designnerds.org

1. WHAT IS A NERD JAM?
+ BOOZE
( + DIVERSITY + BRAINSTORM )
FOOD
SHARED VALUES = INNOVATION

2. site
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wat
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hea
materials
LIVING BUILDING CHALLENGE equity
+ beauty
BIOMIMICRY
(innovation inspired by nature)
VISION FOR A NEW
WELLNESS CENTRE

3. JAM TIME – EACH GROUP # IS ASSIGNED A PETAL
Groups will focus on this petal to guide ideas for
a vision of a new biomimetic wellness centre
located somewhere in the pacific north west.
Groups may choose to deviate from the building
scale since biomimicry spans all scales of
development from the molecular and material to
furniture to building metabolism and feedback
systems to siting and topography and beyond...
As each group presents their top ideas (in 3 min), we
begin to see a collective assemblage (an exquisite
corpse) of a new wellness centre emerging.

4. Wellness Centre Ideas
Biomimicry Jam
Design Nerd Jam 5.5
Maia Love

5. CONCEPT

11. OUTSIDE

15. INSIDE

18. DETAILS
& Health Technology

24. THE END