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Biomimetic Constructs High-Technology Towards Ecological Design
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McBride, Peter Nevins
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Year and Degree
2010, MARCH, University of Cincinnati, Design, Architecture, Art and Planning : Architecture (Master of).
Abstract
Due to advances in large-scale rapid-prototyping technology, the terms standard and non-standard are increasingly being challenged in the lexicon of modern construction. Driven by the ever-expanding versatility of digital software, architects find themselves in a position of greater design freedom and less constraint from modular building materials, thus allowing for a paradigmatic shift towards an architecture focused on performative characteristics. The following investigation will engage these contemporary technologies to mimic basic processes and morphologies found in our natural environment that account for its inherent abilities of material conservation and systems integration. Software scripting techniques and research into the fields of biological morphology and behavior, digital design, and rapid-manufacture direct the creation of a morphogenetic generative process that decreases material usage within architectural structures and allows for informed speculation into the future of systems integration and the construction automation.
Committee
Nnamdi Elleh, PhD (Committee Chair)
Rebecca Williamson, PhD (Committee Chair)
Pages
98 p.
Subject Headings
Architecture
Keywords
biology
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biomimicry
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Chicago
;
scripting
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McBride, P. N. (2010).
Biomimetic Constructs High-Technology Towards Ecological Design
[Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1280778265
APA Style (7th edition)
McBride, Peter.
Biomimetic Constructs High-Technology Towards Ecological Design.
2010. University of Cincinnati, Master's thesis.
OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center
, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1280778265.
MLA Style (8th edition)
McBride, Peter. "Biomimetic Constructs High-Technology Towards Ecological Design." Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati, 2010. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1280778265
Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)
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Biomimetic Constructs High-Technology Towards Ecological Design by Peter Nevins McBride is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. Based on a work at etd.ohiolink.edu.
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