Kevin John B.

Ycoy
is a contemporary philosophy of architecture that seeks
solutions for sustainability in nature, not by replicating the
natural forms, but by understanding the rules governing
those forms. It is a multi-disciplinary approach to
sustainable design that follows a set of principles rather
than stylistic codes.
Effective Channeling of Wind
Increase thermal mass capacity
Dynamic form
Acoustics
Energy efficiency
Mound-building termites or just mound builders are a
group of termite species that live in mounds.
Most of the mounds are found in well drained areas.
The structure of the mounds can be very complicated.
Inside the mound is an extensive system of tunnels and
conduits that serves as a ventilation system for the
underground nest. In order to get good ventilation, the
termites will construct several shafts leading down to the
cellar located beneath the nest.
To minimize potential costs of regulating the buildings
inner temperature Pearce looked to the self-cooling
mounds of African termites. The building has no air-
conditioning or heating but regulates its temperature with
a passive cooling system inspired by the self-cooling
mounds of African termites. The structure, however, does
not have to look like a termite mound to function like one
and instead aesthetically draws from indigenous
Zimbabwean masonry.
Resistant to imposed forces
Structural stability
Controlled entry of sunlight
Regulation of internal temperature
Aesthetics
Acoustics
The femur is the longest, heaviest and by most measures
the strongest bone in the human body. Its length is 26%
of the persons height, a ratio that is useful in
anthropology because it offers a basis for a reasonable
estimate of a subject's height from an
incomplete skeleton.
is an iron lattice tower located on the Champ de
Mars in Paris, named after the engineer Gustave Eiffel,
whose company designed and built the tower
Self-sustainable
Energy Efficient
Recycling
Aesthetically appealing
Low maintenance
Or Euplectella aspergillum is a hexactinellid sponge in
the phylum Porifera inhabiting the deep ocean
Has a hexagonal skin inspired by the Venus Flower
Basket Sponge. This sponge sits in an underwater
environment with strong water currents and its lattice-like
exoskeleton and round shape help disperse those
stresses on the organism
Biomimicry presents itself as a basis, a foundation of a
new research methodology instead of mere serendipity.
Biomimicry has to be approached in a multi-disciplinary
order of thought in order to understand the principles of
nature to achieve a holistic design solution.