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Bettering Biology?
Author(s) -
Watts Bill
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
architectural design
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.128
H-Index - 22
eISSN - 1554-2769
pISSN - 0003-8504
DOI - 10.1002/ad.1221
Subject(s) - protocell , natural (archaeology) , architecture , engineering ethics , engineering , law , computer science , environmental ethics , sociology , political science , visual arts , philosophy , biology , art , history , archaeology , genetics , membrane
Is there a danger that in inventing protocells we are turning away too quickly from nature's own ‘beautifully engineered self‐assembly system’? Bill Watts , a partner at Max Fordham Consulting Engineers, asks us to take another look at the possibilities of biology for creating a wholly sustainable architecture that takes its aesthetic prompts from natural forms. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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