Environmental simulation in lightweight structure's design as one of sustainability strategies in architecture

Document Type : Original Article

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Décor Department, Arts and Design Faculty, Pharos University, Egypt

Abstract

Nature is one of the most important sources of inspiration and 
creativity for the human being in general, the architect and the
interior designer in particular. The images of the forms of 
simulation and imitation of nature are countless, while the 
process of simulating nature is one of the most important 
strategies for sustainability in architecture and interior design 
processes with all its elements, and that through Achieving one 
of the following axes (formal treatment - functional treatment -
technological treatment) or through the merging between them, 
as these three treatments are the most important products of 
simulating one of the elements of nature, as it is the result of the 
interaction of a group of forces with the organism whose 
behavior is simulated towards one of the external stimuli and
influences Until its biological nature returns to balance, as is the
case in the adaptation of plants to moisture and drought, for 
example. Through the research, strategies for simulating the 
environment will be studied through two basic stages: firstly, 
conducting biological research on the characteristics and 
behavior of a particular organism towards a stimulus, and 
second converting the results into a design that simulates the 
environment and interacts with it with the same behavior of the 
organism that has been studied biologically.

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International Journal of Architectural Engineering and Urban Research
Volume 3, Issue 2
December 2020
Pages 26-43

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