Bionic Architecture: Learning from Nature (English and Spanish Edition) - Softcover

Cervera, María Rosa; Pioz, Javier

Softcover

ISBN 10: 849419156X ISBN 13: 9788494191565

Publisher: Architect Publications, 2015

Synopsis

Bionics is a modern, interdisciplinary science that first emerged in the mid 20th century, combining the study of natural sciences with engineering and technical sciences. The aim is to synthesize knowledge derived from the analysis of natural forms and systems. Since becoming a partnership in 1979, Cervera & Pioz have worked to develop new architecture and city-planning proposals inspired by an integral understanding of the logical principles of flexibility, adaptability, and energy-efficiency that are prevalent in all natural species. In 1985 the firm started to experiment with complex and dynamic structures resulting in several revolutionary projects. In 1992, they began their research into biological structures in nature and their application to modern structural engineering and architecture. A direct result of these studies was the discovery of a new concept of structure and construction: Bio-Structure.

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About the Author

María Rosa Cervera has been a professor of architectural composition at the School of Architecture of Alcalá University since 2001 and was elected dean of the Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura of Alcalá University in 2004. Javier Pioz has been a professor of architecture at the Polytechnic University in Madrid since 1987 and lectures at the Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura. They founded the firm Cervera & Pioz in 1979, which works to develop new architecture and city-planning proposals inspired by the logical principles of flexibility, adaptability, and energy efficiency.

Edition details

• Publisher: Architect Publications
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 849419156X
• ISBN 13: 9788494191565
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 384