INTEGRATION OF BIO METHODOLOGIES IN ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN: A NEOPLASMIC SPATIAL EXPERIMENT

Abstract

Since the early ages, nature has been an inspiration for humanity and imitation of the nature also appears in architecture. Biology and technology are used to understand nature and with the developments in these fields; architecture is greatly affected along with others. Advances in genetics along with the digital design technology, offers new possibilities to designers for the creation process in architecture. This study explores parallelism with architectural design by exploring existing biological material and observing its dynamic structures. It is aimed to blur the boundaries between the natural and the artificial, and to think of architecture in a wider ecology. In this article, the concepts of biodigital architecture were discussed. The interaction between biology and architecture was read by experimentation on fungi. As a result, the structure that’s been observed was transferred to the digital environment and used as a methodological data to incorporate biology into architectural design. The conclusion reached within the scope of the research is that hybridized structures with biological materials will become widespread in the future. The connection between the living and the artificial lays the groundwork for semi-living architecture. With advanced technologies, the design material would have unique qualities and it may be possible for the structures to grow and build itself.