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Biomimicry: how learning from nature can restore sustainability in architecture

McGovern, Joseph William
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1242704677

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2009, MARCH, University of Cincinnati, Design, Architecture, Art and Planning : Architecture (Master of).
Building trends over the past half century have created spaces that don’t respond to the climate of the place and have deteriorated the quality of physiological conditions and the sustainability of our built environment. Every organism in nature is a product of the need to be sustainable and energy efficient, however, in the quest to create more sustainable buildings the wealth of solutions provided by nature is largely overlooked. This thesis studies how nature solves impediments to sustainability in architecture and applies those strategies to create a truly environmentally sustainable architectural project. Strategies used in nature for construction, thermal comfort, daylighting, and ventilation will be explored and applied while trying to reduce the embodied and operating energy of the built environment. This thesis outlines an applicable, repeatable process of architectural design that is rooted in scientifically researched natural solutions, or biomimicry. This process is applied from the start of the design process through design development of a sustainable, multi-family housing project in the Over-the-Rhine neighborhood of Cincinnati.
Jerry Larson (Committee Chair)
John Hancock (Committee Member)
66 p.
Architecture
biomimicry; sustainability; live/work; Cincinnati; Over-the-Rhine; nature

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  • McGovern, J. W. (2009). Biomimicry: how learning from nature can restore sustainability in architecture [Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1242704677

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • McGovern, Joseph. Biomimicry: how learning from nature can restore sustainability in architecture. 2009. University of Cincinnati, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1242704677.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • McGovern, Joseph. "Biomimicry: how learning from nature can restore sustainability in architecture." Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati, 2009. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1242704677

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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