ARCHITECTURE MIMICING NATURE

PROF. DR. ALY RAAFAT
Nile Award winner Cairo University
Nature both Ecological & Biological follows ordered and basic strict and
harmonious rules and arrive to intelligent solutions being around human
beings. Nature was always source of inspirations in actual and virtual life.
The latter were adapted in artistic and digital forms & contents.
Nature finds solutions for its various mishaps .Doctors, scientists and artists
look for natural solutions for these circumstances.
They look for solutions to problems facing them meteorologically in hot
and warm weather where nature provides shades in trees and large leaves.
They go to umbrellas, sunbakers fans to enjoy lower temperatures.
Humans noticed that hot natural air is lighter than cold one and this
produced currents of cold air to replace hot one moving upward. This
natural phenomena was used globally both in deserts, rural or urban
regions. Millions of such examples have showed up natural organic
solutions.
These vary from housing in caves to stone vertical walls and ceilings and
later to use natural materials in mud and wood to build artificial caves.
They moved to artist forms in diverging followers sculpturing & building
natural mimcing flowers, palm trees, roses, heads of animals, reptiles and
marine creatures.
They even followed their instincts dealing with mimcing natural
Phenomena as the case of termites building   mud homes getting rid of hot
air in their dugout by having a funnel topping underground channels. They
collect cold water to help moving air as in water trees collecting from mist.
Architectural forms looking away from postmodern revivalism to new
sources of inspiration.   found it in infinite nature static or dynamic
Architectural forms looked in deserts, valleys. Forests Mountains, oceans,
glaciers, rivers, hurricanes, tornados and others. Biologically they found
endless sources .in Fauna: Animals, birds, reptiles, fisheries. In flora the
analogy Was with rosary trees, roses, cactus. Violent nature, vibrating
volcanos , earthquakes leaning towers All have to express and symbolize
continuous natural movements.