Nature as Measure: The Biomimicry Guild

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Abstract

The potential for biomimicry lies far beyond the direct imitation of natural forms. Guest-editor Terri Peters describes how Janine Benyus, the biologist and innovation consultant, is using biomimicry to create performance metrics from natural technologies and processes for assessing aspects of ecological and sustainable design
Original languageEnglish
JournalArchitectural Design
Volume214
Pages (from-to)44-47
Number of pages4
ISSN0003-8504
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 11 Nov 2011

Keywords

  • biomimicry
  • performance driven
  • architecture
  • sustainability
  • ecological

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