Theme group: Learning from Nature

Being very passionate about sustainable design, I elected the learning from nature theme group.

Theme description

Nature has been acting as a global research lab for around 4 billion years. Human beings are relatively young in comparison, only existing on Earth for 200, 000 years. This makes it obvious that we have a lot to learn from nature as for millennia’s it has be providing complex solutions for itself. We can use these as inspiration to address current issues such as resource efficiency and waste management.

APPROACH: Looking to nature for metaphors to achieve a better sustainable outcome. To use “nature as a model, measure, and mentor, then imitates these design principles and processes to solve human problems.” (Benyus, 1998).

Nature as a MODEL

Nature as a MENTOR

Nature as a MEASURE

DESIGN: A learning centre for the natural environment.