Essay On Biomimicics

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All Biomimicry and biomimetics originates from the Greek words bios, meaning life, and mimesis meaning to imitate, it is the examination of nature, its models, systems, processes and elements that can provide solutions to human problems. Although various forms of biomimicry or bio-inspired design are discussed by researchers and professionals in the field of sustainable architecture, the widespread and practical application of biomimicry as an architectural design method remains largely un realized, as demonstrated by the small number of built case studies(Faludi, 2005).One of the impressive biological processes is the ability of adaptation found in natural organisms. Flora and fauna offers a lot of examples of adaptation methods.
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The adaptation of the organism to its environment, in general its fitness, can be compared to the harmonious relation of a building to its surroundings, and more abstractly, to the convenience of any designed object for the various purposes for which it is intended. ‘‘It has become part of the accepted wisdom according to observation and analysis to say that the twentieth century was the century of physics and the twenty first century will be the century of biology. There are two facts about the coming century are agreed on by almost everyone. Biology is now bigger than physics, as measured by the size of budgets, by the size of the workforce, or by the output of major discoveries; and biology is likely to remain the biggest part of science through the twenty first century. Biology is also more important than physics, as measured by its economic consequences, by its ethical implication, or by its effects on human welfare”. According to the history, architects and designers have looked to nature as an inspiration source for various types of forms, techniques and functions. The philosophers of ancient Greece looked at organisms which offered them perfect models having a very fascinating, harmony and proportion between their parts, where that

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