CornellCast: Biology, Biomimetics, and Buildings
Richard Bonser of the School of Engineering and Design at Brunel University gives a presentation at the 2012 Hans and Roger Strauch Symposium on Sustainable Design, “Sustaining Sustainability: Alternative Approaches in Urban Ecology and Architecture,” February 4, 2012. The symposium was organized jointly by the Cornell University Department of Architecture and the Oslo School of...
Michael Pawlyn at TED: Using Nature’s Genius in Architecture
How can architects build a new world of sustainable beauty? By learning from nature. At TEDSalon in London, Michael Pawlyn describes three habits of nature that could transform architecture and society: radical resource efficiency, closed loops, and drawing energy from the sun. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from...
What would Nature do?
How could a butterfly inspire your next design? Opening keynote Janine Benyus presented the Biomimicry Institute’s new initiative www.AskNature.org at Living Future 09. AskNature is a searchable database of thousands of Nature’s best strategies and ideas–a valuable resource for applying biomimicry to building designs and strategies.
Sustainable Design Ideas from Nature
With 3.8 billion years of research and development on its side, nature has already solved problems that human designers and engineers still struggle with. In this inspiring talk at TED 2005, Janine Benyus provides fascinating examples of biomimicry — the way humans mimic nature in the products we build and the systems we implement. And...
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