Bio-Architecture

Interior planners employ the controlled use of biomorphic elements within home and office design to create recuperative spaces. The word biomorphic combines ‘bios’, which is life, and ‘morphe’, meaning form. In the previous edition of CAD Evangelist, implications of practice of biomimicry was discussed.

Being the author of the famous book, Biomimicry: Innovation inspired by Nature, Janine in 1998, co-founded the world’s first bio-inspired consultancy, Biomimicry 3.8, formerly known as the Biomimicry Guild. The first ever nature inspired functional forms to answer a structural problem.

Also known as sustainable architecture, green building essentially means building and architecture that is environmental-friendly. It can include methods such as building homes with special materials like straw bale using efficient products and recycled materials within your home, to improve indoor air quality.

With the advancement in technology and software, it is possible now to evaluate the energy performance of a building at early stage of building designing process.