Bionics in design | Faculty of Technical Sciences

Subject: Bionics in design (17.AD0020)

Type of studies	Title
Master Academic Studies	Digital Techniques, Design and Production in Architecture (Year: 1, Semester: Summer)

General information:

Category	Academic-general educative
Scientific or art field	Geometric Space Theory and Interpretation in Architecture and Urbanism
ECTS	5

Training students to master the theoretical and practical approaches of transferring properties from nature into the design process.

To apply acquired knowledge in the further educational process and professional work.

Trends in bionics. Technological aspects of learning from nature. Bionics and innovation. Bionics in design, architecture and building. Design based on nature analogy. Design based on nature appearance similarity. Nature-integrative design. Natural functions and processes in design. Application od bionic principles in the research.

Lecture exercises to be held in computer laboratory. Consultations.

Authors	Title	Year	Publisher	Language
Goran Pohl, Werner Nachtigall<\eng>	Biomimetics for Architecture and Design<\eng>	2015	Springer<\eng>	English
Jonathan Bell	Carchitecture	2001	Birkhäuser	English
Arnim von Gleich, Christian Pade, Ulrich Petschow, Eugen Pissarskoi<\eng>	Potentials and Trends in Biomimetics<\eng>	2009	Springer<\eng>	English
Werner Nachtigall, Alfred Wisser<\eng>	Bionics by Examples<\eng>	2013	Springer<\eng>	English
Ulrich, K., Eppinger, S.	Product design and development	2016	McGraw-Hill, Chennai	English
Deborah Gans, Zehra Kuz	The Organic Approach to Architecture	2003	Wiley Academy	English