Abstract:
Living organisms of nature, such as plants and algae, have often provided
innovative solutions for buildings within current environmental degradation in
relation to the significant matter of the living components in building design since
pre-modern to contemporary architecture. Meanwhile, smart technologies such as
automation systems, artificial intelligence, and the internet of things (IoT) have
taken place in building design, in addition to the integration of a variety of
manufactured components from electrical sockets to domestic appliances into
buildings since industrialization. At this point, contemporary studies manifest that
emerging technological achievements have also enabled the incorporation of
living organisms into the design, thereby living and manufactured components
tend to grow towards ‘in-between.’ Accordingly, this ‘in-betweenness’ also
introduces itself within building design that is expected to alter the design of
building components into ‘biobuilding components.’
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Within the rapid and comprehensive growth of technology, the number of
biobuilding component examples has been increasing gradually and about to
infiltrate into everyday lives and surroundings; however, how building design
would be affected by biobuilding components is needed to be elaborated in the
building design domain. Therefore, this thesis explores the expected impact (s) of
biobuilding components with their possible meaning(s) in building design.
The objective of the thesis is to present an explanatory study that yields knowledge
of biobuilding components by evaluating their theoretical and practical
implications. This leads to exploring the expected impacts of biobuilding
components by elaborating on historical, phenomenological, practical,
technological, building design, and educational meanings of biobuilding
components. While the number of biobuilding components in the industry will
increase in the years ahead, this research takes a reliable step forward on this
emerging field in the building design domain by enhancing architects’
understanding of biobuilding components.
