Influences of the Living World on Architectural Structures: An Analytical Insight

• Main Author: Gülcan Yeler
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Bursa Uludag University 2015-01-01
• Series: Uludağ University Journal of The Faculty of Engineering
• Subjects: -; nature; living world; structure; architectural form; structural design; doğa; canlı dünya; strüktür; mimari form; strüktürel tasarım
• Online Access: https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/pub/uumfd/issue/21692/233508

Structures in the nature motivate innovation in architectural and engineering disciplines in termsof aesthetical, functional and structural advantages. Using efficient, lightweight structural forms similar tothose in nature reduces material and energy usage and waste amount. In this sense, it can be clearly seenthat based on learning from nature in relation to meeting gradually increasing and changing requirementsthrough limited resources and creating modern structural designs, biomimicry will provide much morecontribution on architecture and related fields. In this direction, in the study based on comprehensiveliterature research, lots of varying living organisms in the nature have been analyzed in terms of structure;architectural structures developed by inspiring from natural structures have been sampled and influencesof solutions inspired from nature on architectural environment have been focused.