HABITAT 2020: Future Smart ‘Living’ Architecture

    One of the most effective ways to cut down the ecological footprint of buildings  is to follow the lead of nature through biomimicry. Habitat 2020 is a future forward example of biomimetic architecture that fuses high-tech ideas with basic  cellular functions to create ‘living’ structures that operate like natural  organisms. This nature-inspired approach […]

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Biomimicry – finding design inspiration in nature

          The discipline of biomimicry takes its name from the Greek words ‘bios’, meaning life and ‘mimesis’, meaning to imitate. As its name might suggest, biomimicry involves the study of nature’s designs and mimicking them to solve human challenges. Janine Benyus, one of biomimicry’s pioneers defines it as, ‘innovation inspired by nature.’ […]

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