MORE FEEDBACK & MORE RESEARCH!

 

Zaha Hadid Architects - Architect Magazine 

This week I met with Professor Holland to discuss my draft presentation and work out where to go next. Some of the things we talked about are below:

• Ken Yeang - could be a good architect to look at. He specializes in ecological design 
• One thing to study could be the relation of theories about ecology and how it's implemented (or not) in architectural design
• The "contribution" my project makes may just end up being a contribution to my own understanding, not a groundbreaking idea. 
• A potential way to narrow the subject of biomimicry is the analyze its effects on a specific element of architecture. (ex: biomimicry & structure)
• Prof Holland wrote a paper in grad school about evolutionary processes in architectural design, I could think of biomimicry and architecture in a viewpoint like that? (when it comes to design process)
• We talked about how one of my big interests in architecture is how to mitigate building waste in the construction process, and how to look at material waste through the lens of biomimicry and combine those interests. I need to look at materials and construction qualities through the lens of nature, and consider how materials can be researched in relation to biomimicry.
• How might biomimicry be applied to material efficiency?
• How can nature minimize resources/optimize material use?
• Some sources to check out:
• Look at series of AD UK (they're in the library & online) and search for biomimicry and nature related architecture
• Achim Menges' work - computational tools

Going forward, I would love to research and learn more about biomimicry in general, and potentially how it affects an element in architecture. I was struggling with how to connect my interest in biomimetics and my interest in mitigating building waste, but I think researching biomimicry effects on materials could be a good start, so that is the direction I'm going in. I think focusing on an element of architecture as opposed to one specific architect could give me a better understanding of the topic of biomimicry as a whole.