Abstract
Considering structural systems, relational events, and temporal cycles as observed in living organisms has always been a source for human inspiration. Nature, seen as an open-ended system, offers the opportunity to learn from both its results and its processes. The construction of new paradigms inspired on nature is the common thread that weaves together the study’s main argument: nature as construction material for new models of thought and organization within the fields of architecture and the city.
Presenters
Ophelia MantzAssistant Professor and Director of the Material Research Collaborative, Gerald D.Hines College of Architecture and Design, University of Houston, Texas, United States
Details
Presentation Type
Paper Presentation in a Themed Session
Theme
2023 Special Focus—Human/Nature: Toward A Reconciliation
KEYWORDS
CONTINGENCY, TEMPORAL ECOLOGY, CHRONOBIOLOGY, AGROFORESTRY, TECHNICAL ECOLOGY
