Name: Using nature's genius in architecture
Uploaded: 2011-02-10T15:29:00Z
Duration: 13 min 29 s
Description: How can architects build a new world of sustainable beauty? By learning from nature. Michael Pawlyn describes three habits of nature that could transform architecture and society: radical resource efficiency, closed loops, and drawing energy from the sun.

How can architects build a new world of sustainable beauty? By learning from nature. Michael Pawlyn describes three habits of nature that could transform architecture and society: radical resource efficiency, closed loops, and drawing energy from the sun.

Michael Pawlyn: Using nature's genius in architecture

Using nature's genius in architecture

Exploration into biomimicry hints at a future where buildings are less burdensome on the planet, utilizing nature's R&D.

The Eden Project embodies radical resource efficiency, leveraging biomimicry for a structure lighter than the air it encloses.

Sahara Forest Project proposes a symbiotic approach to desert reclamation, blending solar power and seawater greenhouses.