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Promises and Presuppositions of Biomimicry [PDF]
Under the umbrella of biologically informed disciplines, biomimicry is a design methodology that proponents often assert will lead to a more sustainable future.
Jeroen Oomen +2 more
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A Design Process Framework and Tools for Teaching and Practicing Biomimicry [PDF]
Few design methods exist that provide clearly structured, visually intuitive, and easily monitored scaffolding for navigating the considerable complexity of biomimetic processes. To this end, we present a holistic biomimicry process framework informed by
Benjamin Linder, Jean Huang
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From Bioinspiration to Biomimicry in Architecture: Opportunities and Challenges
The term “bioinspiration” defines a creative approach based on the observation of biological principles and transfer to design. Biomimicry is the recent approach, which describes a large field of scientific and technical activities dealing with an ...
Natasha Heil
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Learning from nature to reconcile economic upgrading with biodiversity conservation? Biomimicry as an innovation policy [PDF]
One of the most important challenges of the 21st century is the quest for development models that enable to sustain livelihoods while respecting the planet’s ecology. Rather than imposing our industrial systems on nature, why not let nature influence our
Lebdioui, Amir
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A Systematic Design Technique of Biomimicry to Correlate and Integrate Architecture and Biology to Attain Green Buildings [PDF]
Nature embraces enormous resources for biomimicry yet faces many challenges, including embodying and simulating environmental systems and processes into technical systems within the built environment.
Abdullah Mohammed
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Threats to water security are on the rise globally. In the Great Lakes, major threats arise from watershed land-use practices promoting chemical and nutrient pollution.
Kelly E. Siman, Peter H. Niewiarowski
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THE IMPLEMENTATION OF NANO-BIOMIMICRY FOR SUSTAINABILITY IN ARCHITECTURE [PDF]
Nanotechnology is one of the key technologies of the 21st century, which has a potentiality to offer sustainable solutions to contemporary architecture and lower building costs.
Dr. Wijdan Deyaa Abdul Jalil +1 more
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The continuous increase in population and human migration to urban and coastal areas leads to the expansion of built environments over natural habitats.
Elena Stachew +2 more
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Functional Principles of Morphological and Anatomical Structures in Pinecones
In order to better understand the functions of plants, it is important to analyze the internal structure of plants with a complex structure, as well as to efficiently monitor the morphology of plants altered by their external environment. This anatomical
Haejin Bae, Jinhee Kim
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The water displacement and flotation are two of the most accurate and rapid methods for grading and assessing freshness of agricultural products based on density determination.
Supakorn Harnsoongnoen +1 more
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