Designing with Natural Processes: Building as if you are part of nature: Volume 1 - Softcover

Dry Ph.D., Carolyn M

 
9780692058817: Designing with Natural Processes: Building as if you are part of nature: Volume 1
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0692058818 ISBN 13: 9780692058817
Publisher: Natural Process Design, 2018

Synopsis

Natural Process Design is a new way of building and making objects using the paradigm of how nature builds. Nature: • uses readily available often recycled materials • self orders by attributes shared between the material and environment, • self repairs • self senses and adapts to changes in the environment • disintegrates, recycles back into the material sink when usefulness is over • enhances the environment for others or the overall This book describes examples of each part of the paradigm and the overall approach from concept to testing to actual production often with companies.

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About the Author

Carolyn Dry, Ph.D. is an architect and academic who taught at MIT, UCLA, VPI, TAMU and is an Emeritus Professor from the University of Illinois. She is best known for her ground breaking work on self repairing concrete and polymer composites. Currently she runs a small business named Design with Natural Processes. Carolyn resides in Winona, MN and Grand Marais MN.

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Publisher
Natural Process Design
Publication date
2018
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0692058818
ISBN 13 
9780692058817
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
152