Indirect Biomimicry Impact on Form & Structure to Obtain Sustainable Architecture Biomimetic Model Case Study: Masdar Institute of Science and Technology [MIST]

Abstract

Biomimicry is a new science that studies nature’s models, processes, and systems to solve human problems. Nature has already found answers to all problems that we face today, it has developed systems and modified itself to adapt its environment and the different changes that happen around us. Therefore, nature holds the key to the chest of answers for achieving a prominent level of sustainability which has become the leading subject of the architectural design. Most previous studies regarding biomimicry methods are limited to the most known method, the direct method of applying biomimicry into the built environment. There is a lack of consideration for the indirect method in research. Therefore, this study was aimed to deduce a biomimetic model which can provide sustainable architecture by employing the natural principles into design. A study of the natural principles of the biological systems and discussing their application into form and structure in architecture, the indirect method. The Masdar Institute of Science and Technology [MIST] was selected for the study of this approach, analyzing its application’s influence on the architectural aspects, function, form, structure, and technology, of the case study. The result of the study is guidelines for sustainable architecture which can provide an integrated relationship between the built environment and the ecosystems of which it is a part.