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Introduction

Introduction

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Architecture Inspired by Natural Systems

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Emissions to

Waste

Water

Digester

Low GradeHeat

Carbon NeutralHeating System

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BiodegradableWaste 57%

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Compost AgricultureOther Recyclables 6%

InertWaste 5%

UnsortedWaste

Waste 57%

FoodstuffWaste Foodstuff

Other 12%Other 12%Paper 12%

Recyclable Metal, Glass, Plastic 8%

Insulation

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Eco-rainforest revenue streams:

Electrical value (4.5p/kWh) 1.6 million ( p ) Heat value (2p/kWh) 0.7 million Landfill tax (20/t) 7.1 million ( ) Compost value (50/t) 1.7 million

Total 11 million / year

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Architecture Inspired by Natural Processes

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Sunlight

Condensers

Sunlight

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Evaporator 1

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Evaporator 2

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Freshwater

Seawater intake and return

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Whatever the green lobby might want, the reality isthat humanity is going to be consuming huge andever-increasing amounts of coal, gas and oil

Malcolm Wicks, Interview in New Statesman, 03.10.05

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Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful committed citizens can change the world. Indeed it is the only thing that ever has

Margaret Mead

Biomimicry workshop

W k h kWorkshop task:

Choose an existing building, development or organisation and redesign it using biomimicry principlesredesign it using biomimicry principles.This could be anything from an individual house up to a city

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2. Waste from one organism becomes the nutrient for another

3 N t h t i b d t3. Nature uses what is abundant

4. Use more design and less material

5. Use current solar income

6 Use benign manufacturing6. Use benign manufacturing

7. Biologise all the functions in a scheme and find out how t h t kl d th h llnature has tackled those challenges

8. Design elements to serve multiple functions

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Structure Foundational support Envelope (regulate air, light, moisture, heat) Services (distribute data, light, solids, liquids, air,

electricity) Colour creation Noise abatement Protection from non-biological agents (seismic forces,

water, wind, dust / dirt, mineral accumulation, fire)

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