Research Article

Computational Design Informed by Natural Systems

Volume: 1 Number: 3 September 30, 2020
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Computational Design Informed by Natural Systems

Abstract

Animate and inanimate matters in nature are evaluated within systems’ unity. Natural systems represent order and balance defined by computation. Mathematicians, biologists, material scientists and professionals from other fields investigate natural systems for problem-solving. Although nature has been used as a reference since historical periods, there are improper uses on how to integrate nature efficiently into the design process. The term biomimicry is used today by transcending its meaning from imitating nature towards learning from its intelligence. There is a necessity that architectural design students develop their skills on computation and evaluate natural systems from an analytical point of view to apply their finding in creative design solutions. This research is about an elective course on biomimicry developed for undergraduate architectural design education. The methodology consists of three stages, including investigation of the natural systems (1), the abstraction of the natural systems and extracting the system parameters (2), implementing the parameters in the computational design model (3). The proposed study was implemented from 2018 to 2020 into the student projects, of which outputs are discussed and grouped under four categories, including organization-, performance-, process- and motion-based computation. By examining the results, it is determined that the students gained skills in computational design and their awareness related to the natural systems were increased.

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Acknowledgements The studies were applied at Özyeğin University, Faculty of Architecture and Design, from the year 2018 to 2020. Special thanks to the students for their contribution to the course (Student names from S.1 to S.7 respectively: Benson Sanga, Tamer Kumaş, Özgün Şimşek, Burak Can Çatan, Ayşe Yasemin Şenalp, Doğa Çakmakçı, Mert Aydın).

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Primary Language

English

Subjects

Architecture

Journal Section

Research Article

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Publication Date

September 30, 2020

Submission Date

August 24, 2020

Acceptance Date

September 25, 2020

Published in Issue

Year 2020 Volume: 1 Number: 3

APA
Yazıcı, S. (2020). Computational Design Informed by Natural Systems. Journal of Computational Design, 1(3), 1-16. https://izlik.org/JA37JX82UC
AMA
1.Yazıcı S. Computational Design Informed by Natural Systems. JCoDe. 2020;1(3):1-16. https://izlik.org/JA37JX82UC
Chicago
Yazıcı, Sevil. 2020. “Computational Design Informed by Natural Systems”. Journal of Computational Design 1 (3): 1-16. https://izlik.org/JA37JX82UC.
EndNote
Yazıcı S (September 1, 2020) Computational Design Informed by Natural Systems. Journal of Computational Design 1 3 1–16.
IEEE
[1]S. Yazıcı, “Computational Design Informed by Natural Systems”, JCoDe, vol. 1, no. 3, pp. 1–16, Sept. 2020, [Online]. Available: https://izlik.org/JA37JX82UC
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Yazıcı, Sevil. “Computational Design Informed by Natural Systems”. Journal of Computational Design 1/3 (September 1, 2020): 1-16. https://izlik.org/JA37JX82UC.
JAMA
1.Yazıcı S. Computational Design Informed by Natural Systems. JCoDe. 2020;1:1–16.
MLA
Yazıcı, Sevil. “Computational Design Informed by Natural Systems”. Journal of Computational Design, vol. 1, no. 3, Sept. 2020, pp. 1-16, https://izlik.org/JA37JX82UC.
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1.Sevil Yazıcı. Computational Design Informed by Natural Systems. JCoDe [Internet]. 2020 Sep. 1;1(3):1-16. Available from: https://izlik.org/JA37JX82UC

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