Biomimetics in Sustainable Architectural and Urban Design
A special issue of Buildings (ISSN 2075-5309). This special issue belongs to the section "Architectural Design, Urban Science, and Real Estate".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 October 2016) | Viewed by 81001
Special Issue Editor
Interests: regenerative urban design; biomimicry; climate change adaptation; nature-based solutions and ecosystem services
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
We would like you to consider submitting a paper for this Special Issue of the Journal Buildings; the focus of which is on the use of biomimicry, or bio-inspired design in the design and creation of sustainable architecture or urban environments. Biomimetic architectural and urban design is developing as an interdisciplinary field, providing potential systems, techniques, technologies and methodologies for more sustainable and potentially regenerative future built environments. Biomimetic design for sustainability, in this instance, can be defined as the emulation of living organisms themselves, the behaviour of various plants and animals, or of whole ecosystems. This may be in terms of forms, materials, construction methods, systems used in buildings or landscapes, or how built environments are designed to actually function.
This Special Issue aims to investigate the latest understandings and examples of biomimetic architecture and urban design. Papers sought are those that have a focus on the sustainability outcomes of biomimetic design, particularly ones where the boundaries of what constitutes suitable future built environments, in the face of issues such as climate change, ecosystem degradation and societal change, are challenged.
Dr. Maibritt Pedersen Zari
Guest Editor
Manuscript Submission Information
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Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Buildings is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.
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Keywords
- biomimicry
- bio-inspired design
- sustainability
- regenerative design
- ecological design
- architecture and urban design
- living buildings
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