Design with nature and eco-city design

Wu, Yegang; Swain, Robert E.; Jiang, Nan; Qiao, Mengying; Wang, Haihua; Bai, Jialin; Zhou, Xi; Sun, Xuefeng; Xu, Jing; Xu, Meng; Hu, Chen; Xing, Yimin; Wu, Jenny Z.

doi:10.1080/20964129.2020.1781549

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“…However, there is a trend for an interdisciplinary design that seeks not only inspiration in free aesthetic forms but also those biological inspirations that minimize the use of natural resources and the carbon footprint, which makes it sustainable architecture that responds to the change of an industrial era to the ecological era of humanity (Dixit and Stefańska, 2023). The adaptability of nature to different environmental changes has been well reported in the literature (Jamei and Vrcelj, 2021), and as mentioned in (Wu et al, 2020), one of the main purposes of using bio-inspired designs or designing with nature is to restore the patterns of the environment, and landscape that, in turn, converts the built environment into efficient cities with low carbon production and resilient. Such is the case of China, which has implemented sustainable ecological development in cities in the last 50 years; they are ecological cities that restore the ecosystem and integrate into it, focusing on five elements: energy, food, transport, waste, and water.…”

Section: Nature As Model In the Built Environment Designmentioning

confidence: 99%

How bio-inspired solutions have influenced the built environment design in hot and humid climates

Solano,

Bernal,

Mora

et al. 2023

Front. Built Environ.

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The rapid increase in the population, which has been concentrated mainly in urban areas, has caused an environmental imbalance over the years since the built environment developed as a foreign element to the ecosystem, which prevents having resilient environments capable of adapting to the challenges posed by climate change. This research aims to provide an updated knowledge base of bio-inspired strategies emulated in hot and humid climates to achieve an efficient built environment, restoring resources, and bringing nature closer to cities. A systematic review is conducted based on keyword selection to answer i) what has been achieved in built environments to be more efficient and sustainable (including tropical climates) and ii) how natural patterns, strategies, and models are mimicked. Implementing these strategies is very little in regions with hot and humid climates. Bio-inspired approaches are concentrated in those that try to emulate the functions of nature, followed by approaches that imitate the form of nature, biomimicry, and biomimetics being the most used approaches, leading to the development of efficient and resilient cities.

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Section: Nature As Model In the Built Environment Designmentioning

confidence: 99%

How bio-inspired solutions have influenced the built environment design in hot and humid climates

Solano,

Bernal,

Mora

et al. 2023

Front. Built Environ.

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“…The concept of “eco-building” emerged internationally in the 1960s, but it was not until 1992 that the basic concept of “green building” was formally introduced for the first time. Later, the United Nations Environment Agency established the concept of “sustainable development” to show the way forward for the development of the construction industry (Wu et al. , 2020).…”

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

Evaluation of greenness of green buildings based on carbon emissions

Zhang

Zhao²,

Li³

et al. 2022

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PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to evaluate green buildings from the angle of greenness and improve the evaluation system. And the matter-element extension method is used to evaluate the greenness of green buildings, in order to provide useful references for the evaluation system of green buildings.Design/methodology/approachFirst, this paper studies the aspects of safety and durability, health and comfort, living convenience, resource-saving, environmental liability and ecological quality, etc. For the first time, carbon emission is included in the evaluation system, 18 key evaluation indexes are determined by using the Delphi method, and the green building evaluation index system is established. Then, the combined weight method is proposed to determine the weight of each evaluation index, and the greenness evaluation model of green building is established with the matter-element extension method. Finally, taking Beijing Daxing International Airport as an example, the evaluation model of green building greenness was established to evaluate the building.FindingsIn this paper, the greenness evaluation model of green building established by the matter-element extension method solves the problem of incompatibility between qualitative and quantitative material elements in multi-factor evaluation. It makes the evaluation indexes more accurate and objective relative to the affiliation calculation of the evaluation set and improves the scientific, accuracy and reliability of the evaluation model.Originality/valueIn this paper, for the first time, carbon emission-related indicators are included in the green building evaluation system, which makes the evaluation system more perfect. In addition, a more scientific extension matter-element method is used to evaluate the greenness of green buildings, breaking the previous rough star evaluation method.

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“…Respect for the laws of nature is a general assumption accompanying the emergence of ecological cities [52]. This law presupposes that man cannot make excessive use of nature and should strive for ecological balance in his actions.…”

Section: Ecological Ideasmentioning

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Current Humanistic Values in Contemporary Urban Trends and Ideas

Blazy¹,

Łysień²,

Dudek³

2021

Preprint

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The article discusses the role of humanistic values in the contemporary configuration of cities. Today's times put us in a privileged position as we can observe deep and clear changes happening very quickly. Visible changes are reflected not only in society and culture, but also in the space of developing cities, towns, and metropolises. While characterizing contemporary urban trends and ideas, the philosophical trends that contribute to them and the values on which they are based were discussed. Corrections are also shown, which usually start with slight dissonances and initially slight differences in the content of theses, and as a result lead to completely different views on the world. Contemporary determinants of postmodernism, deconstructivism, ecological ideas, sustainable development, social integration and participation, high-tech, digital, and smart city are discussed in detail.

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Design with nature and eco-city design

Cited by 15 publications

References 6 publications

How bio-inspired solutions have influenced the built environment design in hot and humid climates

How bio-inspired solutions have influenced the built environment design in hot and humid climates

Evaluation of greenness of green buildings based on carbon emissions

Current Humanistic Values in Contemporary Urban Trends and Ideas

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