Biomimicry as a problem solving methodology in interior architecture
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2012
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Elsevier
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Procedia-Social and Behavioral Sciences;Volume: 50 Pages: 502-512
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Biomimicry is an applied science that derives inspiration for solutions to human problems through the study of
natural designs, processes and systems. The widespread and practical application of biomimicry as a design method
remains unrealized; interior architecture commonly use biology as a library of shapes, but this alone is not
biomimetics; it has to have some biology in it. This paper reviews key points and case studies of applications of
biomimicry in interior architecture. A critique of the applications shows that biomimetics is the way to innovation
and sustainability and interior architecture must move beyond the formalistic characteristics of nature.
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Biomimicry; interior; design; environment
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