bio mime tics msa unit presentation 2010

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biomimetics

msa BArch 2010/11

Siobhan Barry

[email protected]



biomimetics unit =

bioclimatics + biomimicry

bioclimatics - understanding and working with

natural forces rather than against them

biomimicry - the act of applying biological principles

to human designs

biomimetics - the abstraction of good design from

nature

biomimetics employs a synergy of bioclimatics,

technocentric rigour, biological and ecological

ingenuity, theory and phenomena interpreted and

applied to process based urban and architectural

form.



“Nature works for maximum

achievement at minimum effort.

We have much to learn”.

Prof. Julian Vincent

“Freed from the burden of self -

repair and reproduction our architecture can have a simplicity

that is unimaginable in the living

world. It is not only complexity of

design that deserves admiration.

Simplicity has its own elegance

and economy”.

Joe Kaplinsky



Why biomimetics?

The world is warming up.

If we carry on the way we are now, by 2100 theplanet will likely be hotter than it’s been at any

point in the past two million years.

150,000 people are dying every year because of

climate change.

Within 50 years, one-third of all land-based

species could face extinction.

Glaciers, permafrost and sea ice are disappearing.

Sea levels are rising, seasons changing and

extreme weather is becoming more extreme.

As temperatures increase further, there will

almost inevitably be more flooding, drought,

disease, famine and war, creating hundreds of

millions of refugees and causing the destruction

of entire ecosystems and species.



Contribution of Buildings

In 2003, carbon dioxide emissions associated with energy use in the UK were

approximately 560 million tonnes.

Almost half of this came from energy use in buildings.

Energy use in housing accounts for slightly more than half of the emissions

associated with energy use in all buildings, amounting to 27% of the UK total.



Architects are centrally involved in a

sector of the national economy that is

responsible for around 50% of UK

national emissions.

Therefore Young architects, yes, you,

have a vital part to play in shaping the

planets future.



Bothered?



Globally

Locally

What we do ...

Look at the planet and everything on it ...

with telescopes and microscopes

Travel

Get inspired, get informed, get creative



• Unashamed Technocentric Extreme Process

Based Design

• Architecture with a point ... That could

potentially save the planet (or at least our futureon it)



We like edges, boundaries, ecotones and skins ...



Multi scalar edge strategies: urban metamorphosis


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This year

think blue

... it’s all about water



What we are going to do...

Water is one of the most evocative and

challenging elements in architecture. This

academic year the biomimetics BArch Unit will

be preoccupied with water; its importance,

presence, absence, energy, processes,

aesthetics, and behaviour, permeating through

both 5th and 6th year projects.

Year 5 - Manchester / FezIn conjunction with MARC BArch Unit

(Year 6 option)

Year 6 - Milan / Manchester

In conjunction with Milan School of Architecture

(Year 5 option)

Pilot micro project – biomimetic water pavilion

Major Urban macro project – eco//tone baths

M₂O hydrate



eco//tone baths -Year 5

Working with MARC group, students

will choose either a site in Fez,Morocco (trip 2nd week in November)

or Manchester (site adjacent to

Victoria Baths), to design a thermal

baths and sports recreational health

facility as an organic addition to the

existing historic facilities, developing

sustainably upon Victorian innovation,

generating a synergistic biomimetic

metabolic intervention.

The project will deal with levels of

mediation, gradients of information,

layering and levels of environmentalexchange.

This project will be run in conjunction

with Manchester Victoria Baths.



think it ... model it ... test it ... change it



think it: take time to read, visit, discuss and reflect

model it: both physical and digital models are essential

test it: use software to generate testable data and physical models at all scales

Learn and develop software and physical model making skills



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Any questions? [email protected]

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