Publicación: CATEGORIZATION OF BIOMIMETIC FACTORS: APPROACHES TOWARDS A CONCEPTUAL FOUNDATION IN SUSTAINABLE DESIGN/ LITERATURE REVIEW
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2023
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STUDYING AND IMITATING NATURE CONSTITUTES A DISTINCTIVE COMPONENT THAT PROMOTES THE DEVELOPMENT OF INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS, RESPECTFUL OF THE ENVIRONMENT. BIOMIMICRY IS THE DISCIPLINE THAT METHODOLOGICALLY SEEKS TO LEARN, IMITATE, AND DRAW INSPIRATION FROM THE BIOLOGICAL LESSONS INHERENT IN LIVING ORGANISMS, WITH THE PURPOSE OF SOLVING HUMAN PROBLEMS AND DEVELOPING MORE EFFICIENT AND SUSTAINABLE TECHNOLOGIES AND SOLUTIONS. IN THIS CONTEXT, THIS STUDY AIMED TO IDENTIFY, THROUGH AN EXHAUSTIVE LITERATURE REVIEW, THE APPLICATION OF THE ESTABLISHED BIOMIMETIC DIMENSIONS BY PREVIOUS AUTHORS: FORM, MATERIAL, STRUCTURE/CONSTRUCTION/ PROCESS/TRANSFORMATION/ AND FUNCTION/STRATEGY. ADDITIONALLY, IT EXAMINED THE INCLUSION OF THE DIMENSION OF GEOMETRY, ORDER, ORGANIZATION AS PART OF THE BIOMIMETIC METHODOLOGY. FURTHERMORE, IT AIMED TO IDENTIFY AND CATEGORIZE FACTORS OR CONCEPTS ASSOCIATED WITH EACH DIMENSION, CREATING A BIOMIMETIC CONCEPTUAL MAP. THE METHOD USED INVOLVED A QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS OF RELEVANT RESEARCH ARTICLES, APPLYING PREDEFINED INCLUSION AND EXCLUSION CRITERIA. AS A RESULT, 33 STUDIES WERE SELECTED AND ORGANIZED INTO A NUMBERED MATRIX FOR EASE OF COMPREHENSION AND REFERENCE. OTHER FINDINGS REVEALED THAT THE MAJORITY OF AUTHORS APPLIED THE MENTIONED DIMENSIONS AND THE DIMENSION OF GEOMETRY, ORDER, ORGANIZATION AS A SIGNIFICANT PART OF THEIR METHODOLOGY FOR NATURE IMITATION. ADDITIONALLY, A WIDE RANGE OF BIOMIMETIC FACTORS AND CONCEPTS WERE IDENTIFIED AND CATEGORIZED BASED ON THEIR FREQUENCY AND RELEVANCE TO EACH ANALYZED DIMENSION. THE STUDY CONCLUDES THAT BIOMIMICRY OFFERS VALUABLE PERSPECTIVES AND MODELS FOR SUSTAINABLE DESIGN PRACTICES, HIGHLIGHTING ITS POTENTIAL TO DRIVE INNOVATION AND ADDRESS COMPLEX CHALLENGES.
