Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
Interior Architectural Issues, Prof. Dr. Kaan Günçe, Editör, Livre De Lyon, Gazimagusa, ss.231-248, 2023
Designers have always looked to nature for their
design ideas. These ideas (applied or inspired) can be found in every age of
architecture, such as Gaudi’s structures mimicking tree trunks in La Sagrada
Familia or Calatrava’s Turning Torso in Malmö mimicking human body structure.
The designers have considered the potential of natural systems, their
structural behaviours, materials, forms, and the interrelation of the systems
with their environment. However, there is too much to discover and evaluate.
There are
several aims which define the general structure of this chapter. The first one
aims to explain the importance of getting inspiration from nature for
sustainable designs in interiors. There are various fields in interior
architecture where all these inspirations can be applicable. The second aim is
to discuss the application methods and design approaches. On the other hand,
sustainability is another interior design issue deeply connected with natural
systems and their design potential, which makes this another aim. The third
aim, in this case, is the discussion of the sustainable design approach. The
final objective is to enable designers to gain the ability to find sustainable
and ecological solutions to design problems. Lastly, this chapter aims to
clarify the technological potential of natural systems and their benefits for
solving interior design issues.
Following the aims listed above, the scope of the
chapter is based on specifically selected natural systems and their
technological potential. In this sense, technological potential means the
ability and capability of biological systems that could affect how we design,
live, study, work, connect with others and relate to the external world.
Technology is an important field with a high potential to save the earth, and
it can protect nature with the newly developing systems. However, we need to
learn how to live and value nature more than the improvement of technology (Lambertini, 2018). On
the other hand, considering that nature has millions of different types of
systems, only five groups of organisms have been selected with various design potentials.
The chapter field has been limited to organisms from the ocean, diatoms and dinoflagellates, aerial organisms, owls and ploceus known as weaver birds, and from the land, beavers, ginkgo, and sequoia.
The chapter is based on the literature review and
analysis of the technological potential of the selected organisms. The reason
of selecting these organisms is specific; they have functions that could help
innovate interior architectural solutions. They have technological potential
(technological potential means having high design skills, effectiveness,
scientific and industrial capability of inspiring design solutions in interior
architecture).
Seeking solutions in nature thrives on better design
ideas with a high potential for designing healthy interiors. The study not only
aims to guide designers who are interested in designs inspired by nature but
also to raise awareness about sustainable design.