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Nature’s Inspiration: Biomimicry and Biophilia as a Powerful Business Tool Bill Maclay, AIA, LEED AP, Maclay Architects A presentation given at VBSR’s 24 th Annual Spring Conference Examples of Biophilic Workplaces in Vermont Derivative by Maclay Architects from Fasaxc / CC BY-SA 3.0
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In this talk at the Vermont Businesses for Social Responsibility Spring 2014 Conference, Bill Maclay gives examples of biophilic workplaces in Vermont. The talk is part of a workshop titled "Nature's Inspiration: Biomimicry and Biophilia as a Powerful Business Tool" which was lead by Stephen Keller, Bill Maclay, Sarah-Lee Terrat, and Michael Dupee. Workshop details below. Nature's wisdom and inspiration can be a successful tool for generating design solutions in today's business environment. As humans, we have lived in the bounty of nature for thousands of years and are hardwired to appreciate living systems. This love of engagement with nature is called biophilia. In observing nature's evolution we can learn from the innovative creation of new materials, forms, and living organisms. This learning from living systems is called biomimicry. This forum will explore the emerging fields of biophilia and biomimicry: What are they? How can they be used successfully in business? What are practical and successful examples? And how can they apply to small, medium and large businesses in Vermont today?
Transcript of Biomimicry and biophilia as a powerful business tool nature's inspiration
Nature’s Inspiration: Biomimicry and Biophilia
as a Powerful Business Tool
Bill Maclay, AIA, LEED AP, Maclay Architects
A presentation given at VBSR’s 24th Annual Spring Conference
Examples of Biophilic Workplaces in Vermont
Derivative by Maclay Architects from Fasaxc / CC BY-SA 3.0
View the talk on YouTube
http://youtu.be/a4ChILGL89w
Derivative by Maclay Architects from Fasaxc / CC BY-SA 3.0
Nature’s Inspiration Biomimicry and Biophilia as a Powerful Business Tool
VBSR’s 24th Annual Spring Conference
Stephen Kellert – Introduction and Essential Principles
Bill Maclay – Vermont biophilic workplace examples
Sarah-Lee Terrat –Integration of natural themes
Michael Dupee – Applying biomimicry in businesses
May 14th, 2014
The Workplace as an Ecosystem?
Bill Maclay, AIA, LEED AP
We shape our buildings; thereafter they shape us. -Winston Churchill
Photo by Jim Westphalen
Photo by Carolyn Bates, www.carolynbates.com
Photo by Jim Westphalen
We are not walking ON this earth, We are EARTH that walks.
Derivative by Maclay Architects from Andreas Lederer / CC BY 2.0
What is Work? How might work evolve?
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Pulic Domain
Charles R. Knight / Public Domain
Tropenmuseum of the Royal Tropical Institute (KIT) / CC BY-SA 3.0
Viktor Vasnetsov / Public Domain
Are we inspired by the 20th century workspace?
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What might “earth walking” design look like? Survival / Health / Beauty
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Photo by Pascal Reusch / CC-BY-SA-3.0
Photo by Miguel Vieira / CC BY 2.0
Photo by Martin St-Amant / CC-BY-SA-3.0
Photo by Leonidtsvetkov / CC BY-SA 2.5
Image by Clark Wissler / Public Domain
image by Dmitry Avdeev / CC BY-SA 3.0
Adapted from diagram by the Pearce Partnership and The Urgency of Change by Eugene Tsui
Humans “Walking in” Nature (Biophilia, Biomimicry, Living Buildings)
Safety Survival /Health Instinct
Belonging Community Emotion
Learning Adaptation / Evolution Reason
Photo by John Fowler / CC BY-SA 2.0
Survival/ Health/ Beauty
Pedro Szekely / CC BY-SA 2.0
Photo by Steve Cadman / CC BY-SA 2.0
Timothy A. Price and Nichole I CC BY-SA 3.0
Public Domain
Photo modified by Edfu6 from photo by Rémih / CC BY-SA 3.0
Belonging and Community
Photo by John Atherton / CC BY-SA 2.0
Photo by Pelayo2 / CC BY-SA 3.0
Photo by Canoe Island French Camp / CC BY-SA 3.0
Learning, Adaptation, and Evolution
Image by digitalbob8 / CC BY 2.0
Public Domain
Photo by Gary Peeples USFWS / CC BY 2.0
Design Within Nature • Whole Systems
• Organisms / ecosystems
• Parts
• Senses (external)
• Organs (internal)
• Details
• Cells, face, dimension
The Background for the Workplace as an organism in an ecosystem
Moods
Safety
Coordination of Action
Beauty
Inspiration
Belonging
Caring
Learning Innovation
Workplace by Design: Mapping the High-Performance Workspace by Franklin Becker and Fritz Steele
Whole Systems/ Organism / Ecosystems
Organizational Ecology
HEART
NEIGHBORHOODS
COMMON MEETING/PROJECT SPACE
PRIVATE MEETING
SPACE street street
PRIVATE MEETING
SPACE
The Seeds of Design: An emotional and community core
The evolution of an ecosystem
The pieces and places
Spaces for Dialogue and Interaction
Eating as a Place for Community
Niches for quiet or more reflective conversation
NRG Systems
The heart connecting to the entire workplace
View towards fireplace & hearth from café
Warehouse Connection
Central Heart
Street & Office Connection
Extension into landscape and landscape to building
Entry connections through to landscape
Connection to light and views
VEIC – A community ecosystem
Places of Exchange
Meeting and work connected to light and views
Resource Systems Group
Light, gathering, and food at the center
Nature in details
Light, air, and connection to nature
Transparent ecological treatment of waste connecting to the cycles of nature
Nature and gathering at the “beach”
Nature engaging the inside with places to sit
Nature themes in the floor and use of wood
Reuse of natural materials
Treating water with care
Library, Light and Wind Goddess
Earth, Air, and Water theme in the floor
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