UCL

The project is a collaboration between UCL, University of Bristol, University of Edinburgh, University of Oxford and the State University of New York at Syracuse…... We aim to consider all useful analogues (where appropriate, including human - or animal - agency), ‘calibrating' across scales from cells to termite mounds to cities... The project builds on existing traditions in nature-inspired urbanism, and recent developments in interpreting phenomena such as self-organisation, adaptation and evolution in the built environment. Our aim is to go beyond the ‘organic rhetoric' to establish robust and meaningful interpretations and applications. This befits the spirit of the existing portfolio of research into Nature Inspired Engineering.

Primary location: London United Kingdom