Biomimicry:preliminary results in a school of design in Spain

Biomimicry Challenges and opportunities in a design school in Spain.

Preliminary results.

Dr Manuel Quirós!I European Biomimicry Practitioners Conference, Mallorca 2015!

BSc, MSc, PhD biology

Postdoc Polytech Madrid Univ.

Teaching EfS + biomimicry at

Co-Founder Biomimicry Iberia

Blog natureinspireus author

Biomimicry cross pollinator

Manuel Quirós from1989-today!

Zygote Quarterly Journal editor collaborator

bionics & proportion!biónica y proporción!official course 4credits!32 h in class!1st year: Product design!

2012!

biomimicry!biomimésis!official course 4credits!32 h in class (20 students)!1st year:Product design!

EfSustainability!Ecodesign! EfSustainability!

Ecodesign!Projects!Volume!Communication!Tech.drawing!Scientific Fundm.! of design!

2013!Master!4h x 2!

3rd year!change request "!

2015!

Conservation!Biodiversity values!Ecosystems services!Wonders of Nature!

future!

Royal Botanical Garden (Madrid)!

G.R.E.F.A!Local urban parks!

•  Deeper approach ??!

•  3D Prototyping!•  Robotics!•  Market proposal/

final projects!•  BDChallenge"!

100 1st year students!25 Master students!

Biomimicry program 2012-today!

Planning!

Dr M.Quirós I European Biomimicry Practitioners Conference, Mallorca 2015!

Introduction to bioinspiration!Definition & Context!Phylosophy, Nature as a m!Levels + case studies!Biomimicry thinking!Sustainability & biomimicry!

3!Theory!

Exercises in class!Botanical Garden journey!G.R.E.F.A. journey! Practical!

Challenge to solve in groups!Oral presentation!Virtual prototyping!

Project!

32 h !

Planning!

Indoors classes

outoors classes

outdoors activities!

egg drop bioinspired packaging

results!

Biomimicry!!as a tool for expanding the solution space…!

that a designer have to explore…!


FINAL PROJECT

!in groups 3-4 people!

5 weeks!


Iden%fy a problem!

FINAL PROJECT !

A bit more complex than….!

What sucks?

Who cares?

What are you going to do about it?


•  Describe the problem to be solved through design!•  Why do you think it is important to solve this problem?!•  Why do you want to participate in this project?!•  Why do you think this problem has not been successfully

addressed before?!•  What currently exists (if anything) to try to solve this problem?!•  In your opinion, what could be the best and worst case

scenarios of possible design?!•  In your opinion, what are the strongest and weakest features of

the potential design?!•  …!

Iden%fy a problem !

Final concept map !


Define a challenge

¿How nature does…? FUNCTION STRATEGY!

Iden%fy a problem!



Briefing defini%on Proposal !

Concept development!

Proposal against LP´s !

Biologizar

Define a challenge


biologization!

Iden%fy a problem!


Biologize: STRATEGIES OF NATURE = How does nature ….?, what species? strategies, forms, shapes…, mechanisms… Research : hQp://biomimicry.net/ hQp://www.asknature.org/ www.eol.org … natureinspireus.wordpress.com!

AUer defining the challenge you will have to face…


LIFE PRINCIPLES Nature´s Unifiying Pa1erns!

SUSTAINABILITY!


Briefing defini%on Proposal ! Concept

development!

Proposal against LP´s !

Biologizar

Define a challenge


biologization!

Communica%on

Iden%fy a problem!


final student´s oral presentation class

SOME RESULTS!


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PROBLEM

V

3 millones de personas en el mundo sufren lesiones medulares

y cada año hay entre 250.000 y 500.000

casos nuevos

4

RETO

Subir y bajar bordillos.

Evitar la caída.

Proporcionar impulso.

Evitar la caída

Proporcionar impulso.

SITU CIÓN CTU L

V V V

BIOLOGIZ CIÓN

V

BIOLOGIZ CIÓN

V

Cola del canguro

Larga, musculosa y robusta

Tercer punto de apoyo

Imposible caer hacia atrás

PROPUEST

V

PROPUEST

V

PROPUEST

V

3 millones de personas en el mundo sufren lesiones medulares

!  A “more open” approach into design proposals!!  Possibilities of disruptive results "out of the box"!!  Surprising the student to the natural world strategies!!  Approaching Nature to Design!!  Satisfaction to find solutions to real problems!!  Teamwork synergy!!  There are no right/wrong results only more or less useful ones!!  Conservationist pro-behaviour!

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"  Difficult coordination of outside journeys !"  Difficult including +1 teacher!

"  Initial rejection from urban student-type!"  Disconnection between the terminology from biology !

to design and viceversa!

"  Lack of contents in spanish!"  Lack of specific biomimicry design exercises outside-inside!


Creation of a teachers network in spanish!Sharing contents!Ask Nature in spanish to non-english community!Expand the network of places to practice (zoos, parks, reserves ...)!Possibility of external university credits!


For this course 2015-2016 (next semester)!

•  Starting with reading and destilling science reseach paper!

•  Then took on the challenge of translating the science into potential design!

•  Mapping identifying next steps toward proof of concept, testing and manufacturing!

•  Morphological matrix by matching design specifications, parameters, functions/properties! to possible solutions or solution strategies!

Some different approach never done before…!!


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