Designers Begin To Look to Nature To Render Buildings in Harmony With the Planet

摘要

For counterculture architect Eugene Tsui, biomimicry in design, considered the vanguard by some and still unknown to many, is old hat. Tsui has been living, eating, wearing and pushing biomimicry, where human creations copy nature's systems, for 30 years—long before the movement had a name. And he has been practicing what he preaches, with 20 projects built, for over 15 years. Biomimicry is "the only ultimate solution to many of the problems that have plagued humanity" since the beginning of civilization, says Tsui, who founded TDR Inc., Emeryville, Calif.