Biomimetics and biomimicry. Their role as a tool and ideology in contemporary architecture

• Authors: Joanna Jadwiga Białkiewicz

Title variants

PL

Biomimetyka i biomimikra jako narzędzie i ideologia we współczesnej architekturze

Abstracts

PL

Tezą opracowania jest stwierdzenie, że koncepcja biomimetyki i biomimikry zaznacza swoją obecność w praktyce architektonicznej na dwóch poziomach: narzędziowym i ideologicznym. Na poziomie narzędziowym mamy do czynienia z wykorzystaniem w architekturze różnorodnych technologii o charakterze biomimetycznym, czerpiących wzór i inspirację ze szczegółów budowy i zachowania organizmów żywych, w celu optymalizacji konstrukcyjnej i funkcjonalnej poszczególnych elementów architektonicznych. Na poziomie ideologicznym biomimikra to naśladownictwo praw i procesów biologicznych, inspiracja naturą w skali makro, czyli dążenie do odwzorowania w budynku reguł i sposobu funkcjonowania ekosystemów. Produktem finalnym są kompleksowo postrzegane budynki i zespoły urbanistyczne. Idea biomimikry może być realizowana zarówno z użyciem rozwiązań wysokotechnologicznych (high-tech)–posługując się biomimetycznymi narzędziami, jak i w sposób niskotechnologiczny (low-tech)–nawiązując do architektury wernakularnej i habitatów zwierząt.

EN

The aim of the study is to present how biomimetics and biomimicry manifest themselves in the architectural practice on two basic levels: as a tool and ideology. Biomimetics can be perceived as an architectural tool. It takes inspiration from the details of form, structure, and behaviour of living organisms, producing architectural elements of specific functionalities. Biomimicry is a contemporary architecture’s ideology. It means the imitation of biological rules and processes at the ecosystem level. Here, nature provides inspiration at the macro level, the idea of biomimicry is of a synthetic character, based on a holistic view and general laws and principles. The final products are buildings, perceived in a holistic way, and urban complexes. The idea of biomimicry can be implemented either using advanced high-tech solutions (biomimetic tools), or with a low-tech approach, taking inspiration from vernacular architecture or animals’ habitats.

Keywords

EN

biomimicry; biomimetics; biomimetic tools; ideological biomimicry

PL

biomimetyka; biomimikra; biomimetyka narzędziowa; biomimikra ideologiczna

• Publisher: Politechnika Wrocławska. Oficyna Wydawnicza Politechniki Wrocławskiej
• Journal: Architectus
• Year: 2024
• Issue: 3 (79)
• Pages: 93-100

Dates

published

2024

Contributors

author

Joanna Jadwiga Białkiewicz

• Faculty of Architecture, Cracow University of Technology, Poland

• https://orcid.org/0000000288279397

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Identifiers

DOI

10.37190/arc240310

Biblioteka Nauki

58969935