Enabling Biomimetic Place-Based Design at Scale
Amidst the inter-related challenges of climate change, resource scarcity, and population growth, the built environment must be designed in a way that recognises its role in shaping and being shaped by complex social and ecological systems. This includes avoiding the degradation of living systems in...
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| author | Samantha Hayes Jane Toner Cheryl Desha Mark Gibbs |
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| description | Amidst the inter-related challenges of climate change, resource scarcity, and population growth, the built environment must be designed in a way that recognises its role in shaping and being shaped by complex social and ecological systems. This includes avoiding the degradation of living systems in the design and construction of buildings and infrastructure, as well as enhancing the built environment’s resilience to disturbance by those systems. This paper explores the potential for biomimetic place-based design (BPD) to inform resilient and regenerative built environment outcomes by learning from local ecosystems. One recognised hurdle is the upfront resourcing required to establish the biomimetic knowledge base for each project. However, conducting BPD projects at-scale (i.e., city or region) can improve the method’s value-proposition by better leveraging upfront research efforts, design concepts, and strategies. This research identifies existing barriers to the widespread adoption of BPD and presents an action framework for capability-building across industry, government, and academia to enable application at-scale. Drawing on findings from workshops in the USA and Australia, it creates a resource for colleagues looking to apply BPD in a city or region and offers next steps for research and development. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-51a98878c4b642898e00110a52f750f12023-11-20T00:52:24ZengMDPI AGBiomimetics2313-76732020-05-01522110.3390/biomimetics5020021Enabling Biomimetic Place-Based Design at ScaleSamantha Hayes0Jane Toner1Cheryl Desha2Mark Gibbs3Cities Research Institute, Griffith University, Brisbane 4111, AustraliaBiomimicry Australia, Melbourne 3000, AustraliaCities Research Institute, Griffith University, Brisbane 4111, AustraliaInstitute for Environments, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane 4000, AustraliaAmidst the inter-related challenges of climate change, resource scarcity, and population growth, the built environment must be designed in a way that recognises its role in shaping and being shaped by complex social and ecological systems. This includes avoiding the degradation of living systems in the design and construction of buildings and infrastructure, as well as enhancing the built environment’s resilience to disturbance by those systems. This paper explores the potential for biomimetic place-based design (BPD) to inform resilient and regenerative built environment outcomes by learning from local ecosystems. One recognised hurdle is the upfront resourcing required to establish the biomimetic knowledge base for each project. However, conducting BPD projects at-scale (i.e., city or region) can improve the method’s value-proposition by better leveraging upfront research efforts, design concepts, and strategies. This research identifies existing barriers to the widespread adoption of BPD and presents an action framework for capability-building across industry, government, and academia to enable application at-scale. Drawing on findings from workshops in the USA and Australia, it creates a resource for colleagues looking to apply BPD in a city or region and offers next steps for research and development.https://www.mdpi.com/2313-7673/5/2/21biomimicrybuilt environmentdesignplace-based designregenerativeurban development |
| spellingShingle | Samantha Hayes Jane Toner Cheryl Desha Mark Gibbs Enabling Biomimetic Place-Based Design at Scale Biomimetics biomimicry built environment design place-based design regenerative urban development |
| title | Enabling Biomimetic Place-Based Design at Scale |
| title_full | Enabling Biomimetic Place-Based Design at Scale |
| title_fullStr | Enabling Biomimetic Place-Based Design at Scale |
| title_full_unstemmed | Enabling Biomimetic Place-Based Design at Scale |
| title_short | Enabling Biomimetic Place-Based Design at Scale |
| title_sort | enabling biomimetic place based design at scale |
| topic | biomimicry built environment design place-based design regenerative urban development |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2313-7673/5/2/21 |
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