Inspiration of Nature in Training of Architecture

Subject Areas : Sustainable Development

Ali Sharghi ¹ , Abdolhamid Ghanbaran ²

1 - مربی گروه معماری دانشگاه تربیت دبیر شهید رجائی تهران.
2 - استادیار گروه معماری دانشگاه تربیت دبیر شهید رجائی تهران.

Received: 2008-04-08 Accepted : 2008-10-01 Published : 2012-11-21

Keywords: : nature, nature principles, training of architecture, nature's teachings, physics in architecture, static in architecture, natural forms,

Abstract :

Today، theoretical sciences are practiced through experimental and practical activities. In other words، sciences such as physics and biology، which are derived from nature، have turned into fundamental bases for the study of other subjects such as arts and architecture. Taking architectural ideas out of natural features is being widely used in modern architects' works (such as the Fractal and Revolutionary ideas)، so a need arises here to find some media to generalize scientific details in different fields and apply them to the details in architecture. To find these intermediaries، the involved process is moving from instances to the generalities to reflect them in architectural instances of expressing natural features directly in the architectural forms which must be avoided and instead we should observe general rules of nature and then reflect them in the architecture. The process of 'from slight to whole and from whole to slight' or the so-called 'architectural creativity' will result in prominent and lasting works in our provided architecture that they are derived from natural observations. The subject-matter has been dealt with in this article.  The article consists three major parts as fallows. • A study of religious، mystical and functional aspects، as well as the philosophy of nature.  • Looking for some principles governing natural phenomenon which could be useful in generating forms.  • A study of natural forms for architects and designers.