Bio-Architecture - Softcover

Senosiain, Javier

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0750656042 ISBN 13: 9780750656047

Publisher: Routledge, 2003

Synopsis

Bio-Architecture studies the natural principles of animal and human constructions from several different perspectives, and presents a great part of the knowledge that gives origin and shape to built form.

Organic architecture offers a design approach arising from natural principles, bringing us back to local history, tradition, and cultural roots to give us built forms which are in harmony with nature. It also shows how architects can take advantage of the resources that contemporary technology has placed within our grasp.

Bio-Architecture is a unique book that studies the natural principles of animal and human constructions from several different perspectives and looks at what gives origin and shape to built form. The text gives an informative, inspiring overview of the drive toward organically informed design both intrinsically and aesthetically using a wide variety of international examples.

Javier Senosiain is an architect and an historian. He has pursued his interest in Organic Architecture across the globe drawing parallels between Buckminster Fuller's Geodesic dome and the spider's web; between Santiago Calatrava's Cathedral of St John in NY and the roots of a tree. Where nature has inspired form, Senosiain has made a career of analyzing and applying the principles he sees in some very creative writing and architecture.

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Review:

'Javier Senosiain tackles a large subject with appropriate enthusiasm. He gives an insight into the basic elements found in nature and shows how they are used in the architecture and construction of our built environment. No study of bio-architecture should begin without reference to vernacular architecture from around the world and Senosiain provides a well illustrated study of forms and structures from various climatic zones.'
EcoTech Magazine

From the Back Cover:

Bio-Architecture is an inspiring and innovative book outlining the principal ideas and key applications of organic architecture.

From the earliest days of human civilisation, man has taken inspiration and design guidance from structures found in nature. From the snail's shell, to an arch worn away in the cliffs by the pounding of the sea, many of the shapes and forms that we use to create our own structures have their roots in the natural world.

This book makes a comparative study of the engineering principles of natural and human constructions and offers a design approach arising from natural tenets. Bringing us back to local history, tradition, and cultural roots, organic architecture produces built forms which are in harmony with nature. International examples show how architects use different locations and climates to inform specific biological forms and techniques in their work.

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0750656042
• ISBN 13: 9780750656047
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 184