EBBT: Adaption and Evolution
Contents
Factors
Adaptation
Behavioral and/or physical adjustments to change during organism's lifespan, allowing persistence in spite of dynamic environmental conditions. (Reap, Baumeister, Bras; Holism, Biomimicry and Sustainable Engineering, 2005)
Evolution
Genetic change during successive generations.
Dynamic Stability
State of flux may enable ecosystem to be dynamically stable. (Allen; Applying the Principles of Ecological Emergence to Building Design and Construction, in Construction Ecology, 2002)
"Maturity is not statis" - mature systems highly dynamic. (Allenby, Cooper; Understanding industrial ecology from a biological systems perspective, Total Quality Environmental Management, Spring 1994, 343-354)
Feedback
<Negative> feedback mechanisms (internal and external) curb excesses. (Benyus, Biomimicry - Innovation Inspired by Nature, 1997)
Feedback mechanisms can communicte information throughout an ecosystem. Allenby, Cooper; Understanding industrial ecology from a biological systems perspective, Total Quality Environmental Management, Spring 1994, 343-354)
Limits
Carrying capacity and intensity of resource flows determine limits within ecosystems. (Berkebile, McLennan; The living building. Biomimicry in architecture, integrating technology with nature, BioInspire 18, 2004)
Applications
Design Span
... when is design complete?
Dynamic Design
... through additive/adaptable design, design for disassembly.
Redundancy
... to allow evolving complexity.
Adaptability
... to new conditions, including self-maintainability.
