Biomimicry for a Sustainable Built Environment

September 24 -  27, 2008
Boston Public Library
Boston, MA


Web site: http://www.architects.org/news/index.cfm?doc_id=222

Biomimicry is a new discipline that studies nature’s best ideas and imitates them to solve human problems. Based upon Janine Benyus’s book Biomimicry: Innovation Inspired by Nature, this new science is now being applied to architecture, product design, engineering, software development, communication systems and organizational evolution.

Dayna Baumeister, PhD, co-founder of the Biomimicry Guild, and a team of biologists introduces this concept at an evening lecture on Wednesday, September 24. On the following two days, she and her team lead a two part design workshop examining how “our designs should create conditions conducive to life.” The lecture, held at the Boston Public Library, begins at 6:00 pm and is free and open to the public.

On September 25 and 26 a group of biologists and designers will lead a workshop on applying the theories of Biomimicry to architecture and design. Up to 30 participants will experience a visual journey of the world of Biomimicry with real world case studies exemplifying the practice of learning from nature in the realm of architecture.

This program is sponsored in part by InterfaceFlor.