Tijdens De Duurzame Werkplaats gingen zo'n 60 leerlingen van het Graafschap College en AOC Oost aan de slag met duurzaam verbouwen van een kleine werkplaats in de tuin van ARXlabs in Zelhem. Naast een praktijkopdracht waren er diverse workshops en presentaties.
Architect Alfonso Wolbert gaf een inspirerende lezing over o.a. biomimicry en energieneutraal werken.
60. BIOMIMICRY
is a design principle — the conscious emulation of nature’s
genius, principles and designs to solve human problems.
The word biomimicry or biomimetics has its origin in the Greek
meanings of bio (life) and mimetiks (imitation). In imitating nature and
not in dominating nature, biomimetics aims to catalyze a branch of
science—one that innovates and fulfills human needs in accordance
with the natural principles of life for the sake of all life.
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61. This project is a demo-eco
project.
The biggest challenge is to
not disturb the environment
but to enrich it.
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62. BIOMIMICRY
Challenge to Biology:
1. Identify the function
2. Define the context
3. Break down the challenge into biological terms
4. Discover natural models
5. Abstract design principles
6. Emulate
7. Evaluate against Life’s Principles (see handout)
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67. 5. Design principles
of organic architecture:
• Good design understands that for
anything to be truly beautiful, that it must
possess SIMPLICITY and REPOSE
• The ARRANGEMENT of the design
must be such that removing any one
piece would destroy the intended
composition.
• Good design is expressive to each
UNIQUE circumstance
• follow natures example
• A building should GROW from its site as
nature grows
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68. 5. design principles
of organic architecture:
• The nature of the MATERIALS
should be expressed throughout
the building as inherent to their
quality and ability. False or fake
materials made to mimic others
create false architecture.
• FORM and FUNCTION be one
and the same
• We require from our buildings, as
we do from people, an
INTEGRITY and HONESTY in all
it expresses. It should be true to
itself and its environment.
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69. organic architecture &
structures
It may seem that forms in
nature are randomly
shaped but in fact
everything you see is
structured; is organized.
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70. organic architecture &
structures
A well organized plan
layout leads to a strong,
efficient project as well as
an strong aesthetic
statement.
The project will feel
- natural -
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71. organic architecture &
structures
A well organized plan
layout leads to a strong,
efficient project as well as
an strong aesthetic
statement.
The project will feel
- natural -
BIOMIMICRY
72. organic architecture &
structures
A well organized plan
layout leads to a strong,
efficient project as well as
an strong aesthetic
statement.
The project will feel
- natural -
BIOMIMICRY
73. organic architecture &
structures
A well organized plan
layout leads to a strong,
efficient project as well as
an strong aesthetic
statement.
The project will feel
- natural -
BIOMIMICRY
74. organic architecture &
structures
A well organized plan
layout leads to a strong,
efficient project as well as
an strong aesthetic
statement.
The project will feel
- natural -
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75. organic architecture &
structures
A well organized plan
layout leads to a strong,
efficient project as well as
an strong aesthetic
statement.
The project will feel
- natural -
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76. organic architecture &
structures
A well organized plan
layout leads to a strong,
efficient project as well as
an strong aesthetic
statement.
The project will feel
- natural -
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77. 6. emulate:
Layering european
culture & nature:
As a carrier for the plan we use this
organic structure:
a beautiful Moorish mosaic, found
in the royal palace in Alcazar
Sevilla, Spain.
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78. 6. emulate:
Layering european
culture & nature:
As a carrier for the plan we use this
organic structure:
a beautiful Moorish mosaic, found
in the royal palace in Alcazar
Sevilla, Spain.
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79. Which can be read as an urban
organization.
showing:
Important and less important spots
(squares, buildings, gardens, ponts
etc.)
&
Important and less important
connections (prim./ sec. roads,
bicycle and pedestrian routes,
rivers)
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81.
82. 6. emulate: (next step)
Use organic architecture principles
to design the buildings and objects.
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83. 7. evaluate: (next step)
Evaluate against Life’s Principles
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Life’s Principles
Biomimicry
Life’s Principles are design lessons from nature. Based on the
recognition that Life on Earth is interconnected and
interdependent, and subject to the same set of operating
conditions, Life has evolved a set of strategies that have
sustained over 3.8 billion years. Life’s Principles represent these
overarching patterns found amongst the species surviving and
thriving on Earth. Life integrates and optimizes these strategies
to create conditions conducive to life. By learning from these
deep design lessons, we can model innovative strategies,
measure our designs against these sustainable benchmarks, and
allow ourselves to be mentored by nature’s genius using Life’s
Principles as our aspirational ideals.