The Bio-adaptive algae contribution for sustainable architecture

Abstract

By studying nature, engineers, architects & designers can gain inspiration for designs that have never existed before; therefore applying bio mimicry can affect our buildings. For every problem that we currently face - whether it is generating energy, finding clean water, designing out waste, adapting with surrounded climate or manufacturing benign materials - we can use the different applications of biomimicry to achieve sustainable futuristic design approaches. The focus of this paper is on the use of algae as a promising bio sustainable way to achieve sustainable architecture. According to its high ecological performance, algae provides multi solutions towards improving the environment and opens a new perspective in sustainable design through its combination of carbon neutral energy production and recycling of environmental pollutants. By clarifying the challenges and future technology development for introducing algae as living elements into the built environment to make an appearance in many building plans that attempt to achieve visionary design and face technical challenges that need to be resolved to enable wider adoption. Therefore, this research aims to demonstrate how to use biomimicry to enhance sustainable solutions in building design and gives a glance of the algae possibilities for achieving sustainability.