Explanation of the research method for the analysis of bionic architecture components in housing

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

Department of Architecture, Faculty of Art and Architecture, Tarbiat Dabir Shahid Rajaei University, Tehran, Iran

Abstract

Bionic science is a scientific field that is structurally related to the production and technical implementation of building and development processes. At the beginning of the emergence of bionic science, due to the wide range of sciences in which bionics could be effective, most of the sources were definitions, principles, and its applications have been discussed in general but there are no specific components for the field of housing with a bionic architecture approach to it. The main problem in the adaptation of bionic architecture components in the area of citizens’ residence in building architecture is that according to past studies, few examples have addressed this issue. The current research method, with the aim of an exploratory and development approach, deals with the issue of bionic architecture, and by using documentary and library data, it analyzes the factors affecting the bionic quality measurement of buildings in architecture. The present research method has introduced the main components of bionic architecture in housing by using the investigation of multi- layered foundations, using interview tools and questionnaires, and analysis in Spss software, and the results indicate that the components like, curvature, balance, proportions, hierarchy, unity, open system, information processing, order, energy processing, Reaction to the environment and metabolism It provides a checklist structure that can be used to check all architectural buildings in the field of housing. In future studies, the presented research method can be examined and evaluated in a case sample.

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