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Biomimicry: Emulating the Closed-Loops Systems of the Oak Tree for Sustainable Architecture

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dc.contributor.advisorKathleen R. Lugosch
dc.contributor.advisorSigrid Miller Pollin
dc.contributor.authorDrake, Courtney
dc.contributor.departmentUniversity of Massachusetts Amherst
dc.contributor.departmentArchitecture
dc.date2023-09-23T03:45:08.000
dc.date.accessioned2024-04-26T21:12:25Z
dc.date.available2011-05-06T00:00:00Z
dc.date.issued2011-01-01
dc.date.submittedMay
dc.description.abstractBiomimicry comes from bios, life, and mimesis, to imitate. Biomimicry is becoming an increasingly well-known topic in the field of architecture, imitating nature’s designs and processes to solve human problems. This project uses the oak tree as a model, measure, and mentor to derive sustainable architecture. Biomimicry is examined as a holistic methodology with six steps: identify, interpret, discover, abstract, emulate, and evaluate. Using this methodology, this project investigates oak tree’s closed-loop systems including water, oxygen, and food. The synergies that exist within these systems are emulated to develop a complex green infrastructure of building and landscape systems. This project provides an illustrated process using the biomimicry methodology to generate sustainable architecture.
dc.description.degreeMaster of Architecture (M.Arch.)
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.7275/2004221
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14394/47504
dc.relation.urlhttps://scholarworks.umass.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1740&context=theses&unstamped=1
dc.source.statuspublished
dc.subjectSustainability
dc.subjectBiomimicry
dc.subjectArchitecture
dc.subjectTree
dc.subjectSystems
dc.subjectInfrastructure
dc.subjectArchitecture
dc.titleBiomimicry: Emulating the Closed-Loops Systems of the Oak Tree for Sustainable Architecture
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dc.typearticle
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digcom.contributor.authorisAuthorOfPublication|email:courtneydrake@live.com|institution:University of Massachusetts Amherst|Drake, Courtney
digcom.date.embargo2011-05-06T00:00:00-07:00
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