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ContemporaryArchitectureArch 3205 Part A

S.M.Nazimuddin.

Architecture Discipline

Khulna University.

Lecture 13Ecological Approaches in Architecture II

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Organic Architecture

Organic architecture is rooted in a passion for life, nature, andnatural forms, and is full of the vitality of the natural world

with its biological forms and processes. Emphasizing

beauty and harmony, its free-flowing curves and expressive

forms are sympathetic to the human body, mind, and spirit.

ecological + individual = organicPrinciplesCreating a dialogue between

Spirit of land

Spirit of nature

Spirit of form Spirit of substance

Spirit of light

Spirit of human

Frank Lloyd Wright is, for many, the true

father of organic architecture. He was

not only an architect of rare genius, he

was a charismatic speaker, writer, and

educator, who inspired a generation of

young architects who have continued to

work and innovate in the same spirit of

design.

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Organic Architecture

Frank Lloyd Wright: Frank Thomas House 1901

Frank Lloyd Wright: Laura Gale House 1906

Sydney Opera House

The Sculptured House by Charles Deaton

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Green Architecture

Principles of Green Architecture

1) Preserving the Biosphere: buildings should be designed as planters

2) Generic Design: relate architecture to biologyto be repeated with

variations never deviating from its original archetype

3) Social Responsibility:All architects should be socially responsible4) Energy and Form: morphology or generation of form should be directly

responsive to natural influencesefficient surface to volume ratio

5) Recycling Buildings

6) Divine Proportions: Divine proportions and alignments keep us attuned

with the cosmos spiritualizes us7) Solar Energy

8) Energy Conservation

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Green Building

Centre for Interactive Research on Sustainability,

Vancouver, B.C., Canada

CII-Sohrabji Godrej Green Business Centre,

Hyderabad, India

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Bio-climatic Architecture

Ken Yeang

architect-planner, ecologist, regarded as one ofthe foremost designers of green buildings and master plans

and a noted authority on ecologically responsive architecture and planning

passive low-energy design of tall buildings, which he calls the bioclimatic skyscraper.

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Bio-climatic Architecture

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Bio-climatic Architecture

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Bio-ArchitectureUse of Bios Patterns and Images in Architecture and Designing

Objectives

to bring out the importance of biological patterns and bio-materialsfor architecture on different scales and levels of design;

to consider the biological basis of human perception and behavior,the ways to satisfy the needs and demands associated with them;

to present new possibilities and new scopes in restructuring urbanand agricultural areas, as well as human settlements in general, in

accordance to biopolitical principles.

to introduce the notion Biopolis as optimal strategy leading to therealization of bio-architectural patterns

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Bio-Architecture

Some of the biological structures of potential use in architecture are

the spider's web which represents a very economical, light network

construction;

the beehive, whose honeycomb pattern consisting of hexagon and

pentagons has attracted designers, architects and painters;

the anthill resembling a building in its internal arrangement, complete

with underground rooms, with each of the internal compartments

performing its own function;

the silicon body of a sponge whose complicated pattern of rods running

crisscross provides for a strong and elegant construction to be used, for

example, in designing huge containers for water or oil;

the cell membrane, a double layer of lipid molecules coating a living cell

has already been used in what can be referred to as micro-architecture.

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Bio-Architecture

La-Piscine-Olympic3, Beijing

Le-Stade-Olympic

1, Beijing

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Bio-Architecture

Shanghai Oriental Art Centre, by Paul Andreu

Osaka Maritime Museum, Japan,, by Paul Andreu

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CRADLE TO CRADLE DESIGN

William McDonough

Cradle to Cradle design rejects the assumption that human industry inevitablydestroys the natural world instead, cradle to cradle design embraces

abundance, human ingenuity, and positive aspirations.

Design for an industrial system that:

Purifies air, water, and soil Retains valuable materials for perpetual, productive reuse

Requires no regulation

Celebrates an abundance of cultural and biological diversity

Enhances nature's capacity to thrive

Grows health, wealth, and useful resources

Generates value and opportunity for all.

Such a system, modeled on the natural world's abundance, can solve

rather than just manage the problems industry currently creates,

allowing both business and nature to thrive and grow.

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Cradle to Cradle

Boutique JACOB,

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Greenbridge

Chapel Hill, North Carolina

VMware Corporate Campus

Palo Alto, California