Biomimicry and The Future of Sustainability

when we look at what is truly sustainable the only real model that has worked over long periods of time is the natural world this sentence is from janine benius the co-founder of the biomimicry institute do you know what biomimetic is bio means life and mimetics means imitating and bme metrics basically consists of finding solutions inspired by nature have you ever noticed that everything you own from your clothes to electronics was designed by someone today for a product to arrive at a good design solution it is being improved according to feedbacks that is an intelligent design it's often the result of a sequence of failed versions that's why new versions of a product come with improvements based on complaints from previous versions and it is in a search for an intelligent design then nature comes along after all it's nothing more than a system formed by years of evolution and feedback cycles biomimicry is one of the main design trends of the coming years after all it seeks to understand mechanisms of nature to apply in technology this tool is based on a theory that all solutions already exist we just need to learn to observe and listen in this video we will show you the advantages of biomimicry and analyze some examples of success in addition i will give you some tips on how to stop observe and learn from nature architecture has several ways to explore biomimetics in the form of buildings and here are some examples like the lotus temple in india which is the most visited religious temple in the world it is an open space for all races religions and castes it takes the form of a lotus flower considered sacred to the majority of the population in india the temple was designed to reflect simplicity clarity and freshness it is a symbol of unity and humanity of religions the architect ferriboars saba sought to bring light and water as ornamentation instead of statues the structure consists of three rolls of nine petals each the first two rolls curve inwards while the third curve outwards protecting the nine entrances another example of biomimicry in architecture is the shopping center in the city of arare zimbabwe which was built inspired by termites its name is gay center termites build giant mounds to grow and house food which is the fungi and for this to happen they need to maintain in a specific temperature even in places with a great variation in the external area for this they created a mechanism where air is sucked at the bottom of the mount and termites continually dig new openings and connect old ones to adjust the system the eastgate center in zimbabwe mimics a similar concept the concrete mass of the building heats or cools the winds that enter the building depending on which is hotter the concrete or the air in england we have the guertin one of england's most iconic buildings one of the first to adopt modern concepts of biomimetics in its conception the 180 meters high tower has an air ventilation system similar to sea sponges and animals this species feed by directing the flow of the sea water through their bodies likewise the gurken is supported by an skeleton structure and is designed to allow ventilation to flow through the building one thing we must notice is that biomimicry in architecture is not just about forms there are technological solutions that sometimes don't get noticed but they are essential biomimicry seeks to go beyond forms and understand the function of natural elements this function can be a strategy a system or a structure we can apply it to solve almost any problem just by looking at how animals protect themselves how is life in that community what means does nature use to communicate what are the survival strategies how these materials regenerate how plants collaborate with each other yes many questions and we have more nature is a complex as in society therefore it is possible to say that biomimetics can be applied in architecture engineering product design business administration urbanism and even psychology and in almost any area that involves problem solving let's take a look of some examples from the biomimetics and technology as you know the trend of creating mirror facades in buildings has caused a serious environmental problem in cities mirrored facades create an optical illusion for the birds they cannot see the glass which for them just reflects the sky and they end up colliding the first alternative was to paste drawings of birds on the glass however this end up damaging the aesthetics of the facade and the solution to this problem came by observing the birds and their behavior in the wild scientists realized that they deviated from the cobwebs however cobwebs are also practically transparent analyzing the characteristics of a spider web scientists noticed that they reflected ultraviolet rays birds were able to see these reflections and then deviate from the web the solution found was to develop a glass film that reflects ultraviolet rays with this film birds are prevented from colliding into buildings with mirror-like film and what if i tell you that a fungi just optimized underground and air transportation connections a study conducted by the university of hokkaido with other universities in japan and a united kingdom found that the growth of a fungus was similar to the tokyo railroad let me explain the researchers placed oat flake on a wet surface in locations that corresponded to the neighboring cities in tokyo then they allowed the fungus to grow from the center as you can see in image the organism spread efficiently creating connections between cities this plot presented itself as an optimized and low-cost solution for real-world transportation in that particular region the scientists said that some organisms grow in the form of a interconnected network as part of their normal strategy to discover and explore new sources of food this fungi strategy proved to be efficient and also helped with the definition of air routes biomimicry is so interesting did you know that although seawater is full of microorganisms the skin of a shark is always clean this is because the shark's skin has a texture that prevents bacteria from communicating in this way they do not reproduce from the observation of this phenomenon researchers created a texture that inhibits the growth of bacteria chocolate has become a great option to replace the excessive use of chemicals in hospital maintenance cleaning products are harmful because they release volatile organic compounds these compounds are harmful to our health in hospitals the technology of this new texture was very effective it simply prevents bacteria from reproducing maintaining the health of the environment as you can see nature has a solution for everything what would be the competitive advantage of bedding in biomimetics well first of all biomimicry ensures that the solution found it's sustainable after all nature is always sustainable increasingly companies that adopt sustainable strategies have competitive advantages in the market in addition they bet on a harmonious coexistence of people with the natural environment and believe it or not even though nature has been around forever innovation is one of the advantages that you can get from biomimicry the process of observing nature will depend on the solution that you are seeking and the person who is observing considering that nature has millions of species systems and strategies biomimetics always leads to an original solution the question will always be the same what would nature do in this situation but that question leads to infinite solutions including several answers to the same problem in other words biomimicry is innovation but we also have financial limitations to apply all this research environmental degradation often presents itself as faster and easier way for a company to succeed however there are more and more fines and penalties for companies without environmental responsibility looking for solutions in bmi metrics ensures your company has a systematic view in the long run this vision will bring economic benefits and allow you to better target your financial sources as i promise i'm going to give you some tips on how to find these solutions in nature the first step is to know what questions you want to answer with the question in mind involve nature more in your daily activities the problem is usually large cities keep people away from living with the natural environment sometimes we work all day without even realizing how the weather is outside try to insert yourself some nature walks in your weekly basis gradually observe and try to understand how things work and why they are so for example why is a seed round and the answer is that it rolls over the ground and doesn't sprout next to same-like species notice repeating patterns textures organizations functions and formats take them out of contests and apply in other areas ask questions and search for answers ask for help from a biologist if necessary partnerships between different areas of knowledge are very rich and allow for new discoveries biomimetics or biomimicry is the search for solutions in a system that is the result of many many years of evolution nature it regenerates and uses resources strategically and efficiently there's no more efficient model of recycling than a plant that dies and serves as a fertilizer for another plant to grow in its place leela akaroglo says the world is design and yet the world design us we are caught in the dynamic feedback loop between what we create as a species and the ways in which our created artifacts make us a species after all we have to remember that we as human beings are also species that are part of nature thanks for watching this video and for more information and sustainability keep following us in this channel subscribe and activate notifications

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Published: Tue Feb 02 2021