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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