AlAli Mariam, Beheiry Salwa, Atabay Serter
Engineering Systems Management, American University of Sharjah, Sharjah 26666, United Arab Emirates.
Department of Civil Engineering, American University of Sharjah, Sharjah 26666, United Arab Emirates.
Biomimetics (Basel). 2024 Jul 18;9(7):441. doi: 10.3390/biomimetics9070441.
This article explores the growing prominence of nature-inspired design philosophies in the context of sustainability and human well-being within the built environment and focuses on their application within laboratory buildings. Biomimicry and biophilic design are highlighted as key nature-inspired design approaches, with biomimicry drawing inspiration from nature for innovations and biophilic design promoting human health through enhancing the connection with the surrounding natural elements. This paper further discusses living building strategy as an emerging method for creating dynamic and adaptable spaces by prioritizing user experience through co-creation and focusing on sustainable and regenerative structures. The potential of integrating these approaches is emphasized using laboratory buildings as an example, with nature-inspired and living laboratories serving as models for future built environments that promote both environmental responsibility and a positive human experience. Accordingly, this work aims to investigate the design and construction of laboratory buildings based on nature-inspired design strategies and the living building concept. Moreover, the paper discusses the application of biomimicry and living building concepts within laboratory buildings as a novel contribution to the body of knowledge, and concludes by proposing the Nature-inspired & Living Laboratory (NILL 1.0) Building Assessment index to serve as a guideline for the design and construction of laboratory buildings using nature as an inspiration and the analogy of human body systems.
本文探讨了在建筑环境中，受自然启发的设计理念在可持续性和人类福祉背景下日益凸显的重要性，并着重关注其在实验室建筑中的应用。仿生学和亲生物设计被视为受自然启发的关键设计方法，其中仿生学从自然中汲取灵感以实现创新，亲生物设计则通过加强与周围自然元素的联系来促进人类健康。本文进一步讨论了活体建筑策略，这是一种通过共同创造优先考虑用户体验，并专注于可持续和可再生结构来创建动态且适应性强的空间的新兴方法。以实验室建筑为例，强调了整合这些方法的潜力，受自然启发的实验室和活体实验室可作为未来建筑环境的典范，既能促进环境责任，又能带来积极的人类体验。因此，这项工作旨在研究基于受自然启发的设计策略和活体建筑概念的实验室建筑的设计与建造。此外，本文讨论了仿生学和活体建筑概念在实验室建筑中的应用，这是对知识体系的一项新贡献，并通过提出受自然启发与活体实验室（NILL 1.0）建筑评估指标作为指南来结束，该指标用于指导以自然为灵感并类比人体系统的实验室建筑的设计与建造。
