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- Examines global applications of biomimicry in architecture
- Highlights the importance of biomimicry in driving livability in cities and buildings
- Explores the role of biomimetic architecture in mitigating climate change
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This book focuses on understanding biomimetic architecture and its role as a sustainable design tool. It presents the role of biomimicry in mitigation and adaptation to climate change and examines how biomimetic architecture can provide healthy solutions to limit the spread of COVID-19 in buildings and cities. Coverage includes global examples of biomimetic approaches and buildings, an evaluation of the performance of biomimicry applications in architecture to illustrate best practices, and an exploration of how nature can offer inspiration in building design to conserve resources and save energy use as well as curb carbon emissions – a reaffirmed goal of COP 26 and an outcome of Glasgow Climate Pact. Finally, the book presents guidelines to enhance urban areas and healthier spaces in buildings to meet COVID-19 social distance regulations and beyond.
- Examines global applications of biomimicry in architecture;
- Highlights the importance of biomimicry in driving livability in cities and buildings;
- Explores the role of biomimetic architecture in mitigating climate change.
“The line of argument developed is highly relevant to the present, in addition to being original and pertinent to research on urban regeneration, especially in regard to the exploration of the use of biomimicry architecture in response to changing urban demands.”
—Alessandra Battisti, Ph.D., Professor of Architecture, University of Rome La Sapienza-
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About the authors
Samaa E. Helmy is trained and qualified as an architect in Egypt. She received a Master’s of Science (M.Sc.) in Architecture – Biomimicry Architecture and a Bachelor’s of Science (B.Sc.) in Architecture from Cairo University, where she is currently registered in the PhD degree program in the Department of Architecture, Faculty of Engineering. Mrs. Helmy is currently a teaching assistant in the Architectural Engineering and Technology Programme (AET) at Faculty of Engineering at Cairo University and the Department of Architecture at Misr University for Science and Technology (MUST). She completed a 3-week summer school training session on “Sustainability and Energy Conservation in Architecture” at the University of Lincoln in the UK. Additionally, she contributed, with Professor Aboulnaga, to a book ‘Sustainable Ecological Engineering Design’ by a book chapter ‘Future Cities: The Role of Biomimicry Architecture in Improving Livability in Megacities and Mitigating Climate Change Risks’.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Biomimetic Architecture and Its Role in Develo** Sustainable, Regenerative, and Livable Cities
Book Subtitle: Global Perspectives and Approaches in the Age of COVID-19
Authors: Mohsen Aboulnaga, Samaa E. Helmy
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-08292-4
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-08291-7Published: 02 September 2022
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-08294-8Published: 03 September 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-08292-4Published: 01 September 2022
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XCI, 554
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations, 523 illustrations in colour
Topics: Sustainable Architecture/Green Buildings, Energy Policy, Economics and Management, Renewable and Green Energy, Sustainable Development, Biotechnology