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This research is in the field of biological design; more specifically it deals with the decoding of geometrical patterns of ecological shape and their transfer to architectural design. The transfer of these qualities is made through the construction of a geometric design tool, based on biological organization principles (growth). The morphologic pattern is decoded using two distinct drawing tools: shape grammars and Voronoi diagrams. The design tool allows the separation of biologic design from its ecologic references (biological structures), by generating a wide range of human structures with their morphological identity. The tool aims at reaching a morphological coherence between biological and human structures by introducing in human design certain qualities of biological morphology, such as evolutionary balance, integration ability in the environment, structural fluidity and structural multifunctionality. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Housed in the Canadian Pavilion in the Giardini in Venice during the 2010 Architecture Biennale, the Hylozoic Ground project provided visitors with the unique experience of interacting with a responsive and 'live' textile matrix. and describe the extraordinary 'soil-less' environment that they collaborated on and how it provides a new model for a synthetic but evolutionary ecology. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

of IwamotoScott Architecture describes how the Line Array project was developed as a means of proposing a new range of structural surface formations in which protocells could be applied to architecture. She specifically speculates on how materials might behave morphologically, responding in a fluid manner to varying surface geometries. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article addresses the question whether architecture can embody living systems and if it is possible for concrete craft of physical architecture to transform and move closer to acting within life itself. It notes the possibility for a revolutionary living architecture to emerge by integrating emerging living technologies in computation and synthetic biology with next-generation physical structures. It notes a model of involved research creation that can change how architecture is built.

Systems architecture is seeking to cooperate with the creative processes characteristic of life on earth for novel and sustainable design outcomes. To achieve this, new design methodologies are needed to create structures and processes that are composed of the inanimate and the living – the physical, the biological and the artificial – to differing degrees. The principle of symbiosis is presented as a biologically inspired model for some of the design challenges, and design ethics, in systems architecture. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article discusses the potential of biological parallelism to create huge rafts new architectural flora and fauna. The author assesses that it would push the boundaries of architecture deep into botany and biology. He perceives that architects might be able to make sustainable and green materials whose biodegrability is simply a natural side effect of these technologies. However, he points out the ethics of these technologies must be frequently debated. He adds that more experimental postgraduate students are already experimenting on these synthesised ecologies and biologies.