Critical analysis of sustainability goals in the design-guide schemes of the Leed certification in relation to Biomimicry as a regenerative design approach in architecture

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2023-7-12

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Köse Batuhan, Elif Görkem

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The severity of global warming and climate change bring ecologic thinking to the front. The construction industry is one of the main contributors to climate change, and ecological thinking offers solutions to reduce the negative effects of architecture on the environment with different design approaches like green building certification systems and nature-inspired design methods. LEED certification system has parameters based on environmental and building generalizations to guide designers, offering a systematic order of rules for sustainable design. The intention of generality is important yet limited at certain levels, especially when considering the natural context from a broader perspective. On the other hand, Biomimicry presents a conceptual vision for context-based design problems by focusing on particularization with holistic and multi-scalar design considerations as a regenerative design approach, aiming to correlate the diverse scales of natural context with the built environment. This study intends to scrutinize the LEED certification system's general goals and guiding parameters in detail to disclose its limitations. It is further intended to contribute to the efficiency of the guiding parameter with a vision borrowed from Biomimicry. The conflation of the LEED parameters and application levels of Biomimicry is evaluated and discussed as sustainable and regenerative design approaches with the case studies of the Eastgate Shopping Center in Zimbabwe, the Pixel building in Australia, and the Bullitt Center in the USA. It is intended to analyze the efficiency and applicability of LEED certification and biomimicry approaches regarding architectural design parameters and biomimicry levels to clarify the basics of sustainable and regenerative design and how they can be incorporated.

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Sustainable architecture, Regenerative architecture, Biomimetic design, Leed certification, Natural context

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/104779

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Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences, Thesis