Imani Negin, Vale Brenda
Wellington Faculty of Architecture and Design Innovation, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington 6140, New Zealand.
Biomimetics (Basel). 2022 May 24;7(2):67. doi: 10.3390/biomimetics7020067.
The literature shows that translating the thermal adaptation mechanisms of biological organisms to building design solutions can improve energy performance. In the context of bio-inspired thermoregulation several worthwhile attempts have been made to develop a framework for finding relevant thermal adaptation mechanisms in nature as inspiration for architectural design. However, almost all of these have followed a solution-based approach despite the problem-solving nature of architectural design. Given this, this research set out to take a problem-based approach to biomimetic design. The aim was to investigate the most effective way of accessing biological thermoregulatory solutions to assist architects in finding relevant biological inspirations for the thermal design of buildings. This required the development of an optimal structure for categorizing thermoregulatory mechanisms that could then be used as part of a framework for finding appropriate mechanisms for a particular architectural design problem. This development began with a three-step literature review to find, study, generalize and categorize a comprehensive list of thermal adaptation mechanisms used by animals and plants. This article describes how this literature review was carried out leading to the identification of nine main themes which were analysed for their practicality in informing the structure of the proposed framework. The selected themes were built around the common aspects of biology and architecture, and hence facilitated the categorization of biological thermoregulation mechanisms. This article thus explains the steps taken to develop a structure for generalizing and categorizing thermal adaptation strategies in nature. This article does not report on the list of thermal adaptation mechanisms identified in step 2 of the literature review. Instead, it presents the literature review workflow with a focus on step 3. Given that, discussion of the thermal adaptation mechanisms falls outside the scope of this article.
文献表明，将生物有机体的热适应机制转化为建筑设计方案可以提高能源性能。在仿生温度调节的背景下，已经进行了一些有价值的尝试，以开发一个框架，在自然界中寻找相关的热适应机制，作为建筑设计的灵感。然而，尽管建筑设计具有解决问题的性质，但几乎所有这些尝试都采用了基于解决方案的方法。鉴于此，本研究着手采用基于问题的方法进行仿生设计。目的是研究获取生物温度调节解决方案的最有效方法，以帮助建筑师为建筑物的热设计找到相关的生物灵感。这需要开发一种最佳结构，用于对温度调节机制进行分类，然后将其用作框架的一部分，以找到针对特定建筑设计问题的合适机制。这一开发始于三步文献综述，以查找、研究、归纳和分类动植物使用的热适应机制的综合列表。本文描述了如何进行这一文献综述，从而确定了九个主要主题，并分析了它们在为所提议框架的结构提供信息方面的实用性。所选主题围绕生物学和建筑学的共同方面构建，因此有助于对生物温度调节机制进行分类。因此，本文解释了为归纳和分类自然界中的热适应策略而开发一种结构所采取的步骤。本文没有报告在文献综述的第二步中确定的热适应机制列表。相反，它重点介绍了文献综述工作流程的第三步。鉴于此，热适应机制的讨论不在本文范围内。
