Biomimetic Facade Design Proposal to Improving Thermal Comfort in Hot Climate Region
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.11113/ijbes.v11.n2.1226Keywords:
Biomimicry, Biomimetic Design. Facade Design, Thermal ComfortAbstract
The building envelope has an essential role in the energy consumption of buildings and in regulating the energy exchange between the indoor and outdoor environment. Especially in hot climate zones, the temperature increases the cooling loads of the building, while a significant amount of energy is consumed to provide indoor comfort. Much research has been carried out recently to produce responsive and adaptive building envelopes to solve this problem. Nature is a reference for responsive, adaptive building envelope solutions, and the biomimicry approach is utilized. The biomimicry approach suggests using biological models/systems/processes as models/measures/mentors. This research used the biomimicry approach to propose an innovative facade design solution in this context. In this study, where a problem-oriented design approach was accepted, plants were analyzed to find a solution. Plants have evolved to adapt to a particular location's weather, wind, dryness, heat, and light. Buildings, like plants, depend on a specific location. For this reason, arid climate plants were examined in the study. The biological information from analyzing the plants studied was used to develop a design concept. As a result of this study, it is understood that nature has an extensive database and offers many solutions for problems that can be applied in architecture to produce energy-efficient, sustainable, and adaptable designs to indoor and outdoor conditions. The next step for this study is to translate the developed design concept into practice and conduct the necessary analysis
References
Abdullah, A., Said, I., & Ossen, D. R. (2018). Applications of thermoregulation adaptive technique of form in nature into architecture: A review. International Journal of Engineering & Technology, 7(2.29): 719-724.
Adams, P., Nelson, D. E., Yamada, S., Chmara, W., Jensen, R. G., Bohnert, H. J., & Griffiths, H. (1998). Growth and development of Mesembryanthemum crystallinum (Aizoaceae). The New Phytologist, 138(2) :171-190.
Aly, Z., Ibrahim, A., & Abdelmohsen, S. (2021). Augmenting passive actuation of hygromorphic skins in desert climates: learning from thorny devil lizard skins. In 9th International Conference of the Arab Society for Computer Aided Architectural Design (ASCAAD 2021), American University in Cairo, Egypt.
Arbabzadeh, M., Etessam, I., & Mofidi Shemirani, M. (2020). Passive Thermoregulation in Vernacular and Biomimetic Architecture in Hot and Arid Climate. Iran University of Science & Technology, 30(2): 198-211.
A Samra, M., & Gamal Ahmed Gendy, N. (2021). Mapping Biomimicry Design Strategies to Achieving Thermal Regulation Efficiency in Egyptian Hot Environments. International Journal of Architectural Engineering and Urban Research, 4(1): 261-279.
Badarnah, L., Farchi, Y. N., & Knaack, U. (2010). Solutions from nature for building envelope thermoregulation. Design & Nature V: Comparing Design in Nature with Science and Engineering, 5: 251.
Badarnah, L. (2017). Form follows environment: Biomimetic approaches to building envelope design for environmental adaptation. Buildings, 7(2) : 40.
Barthlott, W., Mail, M., Bhushan, B., & Koch, K. (2017). Plant surfaces: structures and functions for biomimetic innovations. Nano-Micro Letters, 9: 1-40.
Benyus, J. M. (1997). Biomimicry: Innovation inspired by nature. 320. New York: Morrow.
Chayaamor-Heil, N. (2023). From Bioinspiration to Biomimicry in Architecture: Opportunities and Challenges. Encyclopedia, 3(1): 202-223.
Chayaamor-Heil, N., & Hannachi-Belkadi, N. (2017). Towards a platform of investigative tools for biomimicry as a new approach for energy-efficient building design. Buildings, 7(1): 19.
Cohen, Y. H., & Reich, Y. (2016). Biomimetic design method for innovation and sustainability 10. Berlin, Germany: Springer.
El Ahmar, S., & Fioravanti, A. (2014). Botanics and Parametric Design Fusions for Performative Building Skins. Emine Mine Thompson Department of Architecture and Built Environment Faculty of Engineering and Environment Northumbria University, 595.
El Ahmar, S., & Fioravanti, A. (2015). Biomimetic-computational design for double facades in hot climates. Bob Martens Gabriel Wurzer Thomas Grasl Wolfgang E. Lorenz, 687.
Ergin, Ö. (2019). Uyarlanabilir cephe sistemlerinde güncel yaklaşımlar ve akıllı malzemelerin kullanımı (Master's thesis, Fen Bilimleri Enstitüsü).
Faragalla, A. M., & Asadi, S. (2022). Biomimetic design for adaptive building façades: a paradigm shift towards environmentally conscious architecture. Energies, 15(15): 5390.
Farchi Nachman, Y. (2009). Learning from nature: Thermoregulation envelope. http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:d1ccade6-a98a-4da9-a2c9-a95c14d356d2 Retrieved 29 May 2024
Fayemi, P. E., Wanieck, K., Zollfrank, C., Maranzana, N., & Aoussat, A. (2017). Biomimetics: Process, tools, and practice. Bioinspiration & biomimetics, 12(1), 011002.
Gruber, P., & Gosztonyi, S. (2010). Skin in architecture: towards bioinspired facades. WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment, 138: 503-513.
Hafizi, N., & Karimnezhad, M. (2022). Biomimetic architecture towards bio inspired adaptive envelopes: in case of plant inspired concept generation. International Journal of Built Environment and Sustainability, 9(1): 1-10.
Hamilton, I., Rapf, O., Kockat, D. J., Zuhaib, D. S., Abergel, T., Oppermann, M., ... & Steurer, N. (2020). Global status report for buildings and construction. United Nations Environmental Programme: Nairobi, Kenya.
Helms, M., Vattam, S. S., & Goel, A. K. (2009). Biologically inspired design: process and products. Design studies, 30(5): 606-622.
Kalatha, A. (2016). The Water Wall: A Bio-inspired Thermoregulative Facade System. (Unpublished master thesis), Delft University of Technology, Netherlands.
Iouguina, A., Dawson, J. W., Hallgrimsson, B., & Smart, G. (2014). Biologically informed disciplines: A comparative analysis of bionics, biomimetics, biomimicry, and bio-inspiration, among others. International Journal of Design & Nature and Ecodynamics, 9(3): 197–20.
ISO/TC266 2015 Biomimetics—Terminology, Concepts and
Methodology (Berlin: Beuth) ISO 18458:2015
Lienhard, J., Schleicher, S., Poppinga, S., Masselter, T., Milwich, M., Speck, T., & Knippers, J. (2011). Flectofin: a hingeless flapping mechanism inspired by nature. Bioinspiration & biomimetics, 6(4): 045001.
López, M., Rubio, R., Martín, S., & Croxford, B. (2017). How plants inspire façades. From plants to architecture: Biomimetic principles for the development of adaptive architectural envelopes. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 67: 692-703.
López, M., Rubio, R., Martín, S., Croxford, B., & Jackson, R. (2015). Active materials for adaptive architectural envelopes based on plant adaptation principles. Journal of Facade Design and Engineering, 3(1): 27-38.
Liu, C., Xue, Y., Chen, Y., & Zheng, Y. (2015). Effective directional self-gathering of drops on spine of cactus with splayed capillary arrays. Scientific reports, 5(1): 17757
Mirat, C., Bedoya, C., & Adell, J. (2018). Antonio gaudí, the forerunner of sustainability and biomimicry in architecture, 100 years in advance. Architecture, City and Environment, 12: 71-98
Mutlu Avinç, G., & Arslan Selçuk, S. (2018). Isıl düzenleme özelliğine sahip yapı kabuğu tasarımları için biyomimetik çözümler. https://ejons.org/index.php/ejons/article/view/17/7. Retrieved 29 May 2024
Özen, G. (2016). Doğa referanslı tasarım: Biyomimikri. Yüksek Lisans Tezi). Yıldız Teknik Üniversitesi Fen Bilimleri Enstitüsü, İstanbul.
Radwan, G. A., & Osama, N. (2016). Biomimicry, an approach for energy efficient building skin design. Procedia Environmental Sciences, 34: 178-189.
Taşkan, M. M., Mutlu Avinç, G., & Arslan Selçuk, S. (2022). Canlıların Su Dengesi Sağlama Stratejileri ve Biyo-Bilgili Yapı Kabuğu Tasarımı. Online Journal of Art & Design, 10(1): 129-153.
Türk, Z. B. (2018). Sürdürülebilir Mimarlık İçin Doğadan Öğrenilen Yaklaşımlar: Doğa Esinli Fikirlerin Bina Kabuğuna Etkisi (Doctoral dissertation, Yüksek Lisans Tezi, Gazi Üniversitesi Fen Bilimleri Enstitüsü, Ankara).
Yazıcıoğlu, B. A., & Selçuk, S. A. Yapı Kabuklarının Termoregülasyonu: Biyomimetik Bir Yaklaşım. http://set-science.com/manage/uploads/ISAS2019 FDAS_0040/SETSCI_ISAS2019-FDAS_0040_0039.pdf. Retrieved 29 May 2024
Yazıcıoğlu, B. A., Selçuk, S. A., & Avinç, G. M. (2022). Yapı Kabuklarında Biyomimetik Termoregülasyon: Yapı Kabuklarında Biyomimetik Termoregülasyon. Tasarim+ Kuram, 18(37): 96-110.
URL-1 https://laidbackgardener.blog/2018/01/19/plants-with-weird-foliage-window-plants/. Retrieved on 26 September 2023
URL-2 https://asknature.org/strategy/crystals-draw-sunlight-into-plant/. Retrieved on 02 October 2023
URL-3 https://gardenerspath.com/plants/succulents/grow-panda-plant/. Retrieved on 01 October 2023
URL-4 https://www.sukulentler.com/panda-bitkisi-kalanchoe-tomentosa-sukulent-nasil-buyur-ve-bakimi/. Retrieved on 01 October 2023
URL-5 https://asknature.org/strategy/surface-cells-store-water/. Retrieved on 02 October 2023
URL-6 https://asknature.org/strategy/shape-shades-and-enhances-heat-radiation/. Retrieved on 02 October 2023
URL-7 https://www.thespruceeats.com/what-is-durian-477226. Retrieved on 08 October 2023
URL8https://www.technologydesigner.com/2019/12/18/biomimicry-design-inspiration-from-nature/. Retrieved on 28 September 2023
URL-9 Al Bahr Towers Projesi. https://www.ahr.co.uk/projects. Retrieved on 08 October 2023
URL-10 https://inhabitat.com/qatar-cactus-office-building/. Retrieved on 11 October 2023.
Downloads
Published
How to Cite
Issue
Section
License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
Copyright of articles that appear in International Journal of Built Environment and Sustainability belongs exclusively to Penerbit Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (Penerbit UTM Press). This copyright covers the rights to reproduce the article, including reprints, electronic reproductions or any other reproductions of similar nature.
Authors who publish with this journal agree to the following terms:
- This Journal applies Creative Commons Licenses of CC-BY-NC-SA
- Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and publication in this journal.
- Authors are able to enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the journal's published version of the work (e.g., post it to an institutional repository or publish it in a book), with an acknowledgement of its publication in this journal.
- Authors are permitted and encouraged to post their work online (e.g., in institutional repositories or on their website) prior to and during the submission process, as it can lead to productive exchanges, as well as earlier and greater citation of published work (See The Effect of Open Access).
