Learning from Nature for Sustainable Solutions in Architecture: Biomimetic Lightweight Structure Designs

Year 2023, Volume: 5 Issue: 2 - DECEMBER 2023 ISSUE, 198 - 214, 25.12.2023

Güneş Mutlu Avinç

https://doi.org/10.47898/ijeased.1313827

Abstract

Recent advances in technology have enabled nature's design principles to be understood and communicated more effectively than ever before. Using nature as a mentor, the biomimetic approach is the practice of generating solutions from nature’s systems, processes and designs to solve human problems. However, although this approach is a new field in architecture, it has the potential to transform the sustainable approach in building design and construction. Hence, this article explores the potential of the biomimetic approach as a source of sustainable solutions for lightweight structures in architecture. In this research, the biomimetic approach, examples of lightweight structures in nature and how they can be applied to lightweight structures are discussed. In this context, “Shell Lace Structure, Trabeculae Pavilion, NonLin/Lin Pavilion, BUGA Fibre Pavilion, livMatS Pavilion, 3D-Printed Pavilion, Tower of Light” projects are examined as biomimetic lightweight building designs in architecture. The examples are analysed in terms of the natural model/system they refer to, the purpose for which they were built and the materials used. The analysed examples show that by learning from nature and applying the principles of nature to the built environment, aesthetic, functional, lightweight and high-strength structures can be designed. As a result, the biomimetic approach offers guiding ideas for architects to design environmentally friendly, sustainable and innovative lightweight structures that can respond to today's problems.

Keywords

Biomimetic approach, Lightweight structure, Sustainability, Architecture

Mimaride Sürdürülebilir Çözümler için Doğadan Öğrenme: Biyomimetik Hafif Strüktür Tasarımları

Abstract

Teknolojide yaşanan son gelişmeler, doğanın tasarım ilkelerinin daha önce hiç olmadığı kadar etkili bir şekilde anlaşılmasını ve aktarılmasını sağlamıştır. Doğayı bir rehber olarak kullanan biyomimetik yaklaşım, insan sorunlarını çözmek için doğanın sistemlerinden, süreçlerinden ve tasarımlarından çözüm üretme pratiğidir. Bununla birlikte bu yaklaşım, mimaride yeni bir alan olsa da bina tasarımı ve inşasında sürdürülebilir yaklaşımı dönüştürme potansiyeline sahiptir. Buradan hareketle bu makale, mimaride hafif yapılar için sürdürülebilir çözümlerin kaynağı olarak biyomimetik yaklaşımın potansiyelini araştırmaktadır. Araştırmada, biyomimetik yaklaşım, doğada hafif yapı örnekleri ve bunların hafif yapılara nasıl uygulanabileceği ele alınmıştır. Bu bağlamda mimaride biyomimetik hafif yapı tasarımları olarak "Shell Lace Structure, Trabeculae Pavillion, NonLin/Lin Pavillion, BUGA Fiber Pavilion, livMatS Pavilion, 3D-Printed Pavilion, Tower of Light" projeleri incelenmektedir. Ele alınan örnekler referans aldıkları doğal model/sistem, hangi amaçla gerçekleştirildiği ve hangi malzemeyi kullanıldığı analiz edilmektedir. Analiz edilen örnekler, doğadan öğrenerek ve doğanın ilkelerini yapılı çevreye uygulayarak, estetik, işlevsel, hafif ve dayanımı yüksek yapılar tasarlanabildiğini göstermektedir. Sonuç olarak biyomimetik yaklaşım, mimarlara günümüzde yer alan problemlere yanıt verebilecek çevre dostu, sürdürülebilir ve yenilikçi hafif yapılar tasarlamaları için yol gösterici fikirler sunmaktadır.

Keywords

Biyomimetik yaklaşım, Hafif strüktür, Sürdürülebilirlik, Mimarlık

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