Biomimicry’s Cool Alternative: Eastgate Centre in Zimbabwe The Eastgate Centre in Harare, Zimbabwe, typifies the best of green architecture and ecologically sensitive adaptation. The country’s ...

Eastgate Centre in Harare, Zimbabwe is one of the largest and most elaborate examples of biomimicry around. This building, designed by architect Mick Pearce in conjunction with engineers at Arup ...

In northeast Ohio, biomimicry is gaining interest thanks ... used mound-like characteristics in his design for the Eastgate Centre shopping mall in Harare, Zimbabwe, shown in the photo to the ...

Mick Pearce, architect of Eastgate Centre in Harare ... Velcro is a widely known example of biomimicry. You may have worn shoes with velcro straps as a youngster and you can certainly look ...

Velcro is one of the most famous examples of biomimicry. Here’s the origin story ... Architects in Harare, Zimbabwe designed just such a structure—the Eastgate Centre, a shopping mall and office ...

One of the initial encounters with biomimicry that left an indelible ... This profound inspiration led him to design Zimbabwe’s Eastgate Centre. Much like termite mounds, which maintain a ...

Today, biomimicry could be applied to climate ... yet in Harare, Zimbabwe, the Eastgate Centre, a shopping mall and office block that opened 20 years ago, presents an alternative.

Biomimicry is a new science that studies ... Pawlyn also mentions a more recent example, which is the Eastgate Centre, a shopping mall and office block in Harare, Zimbabwe. Its design was inspired ...

Image used for representational purpose only From the Shinkansen bullet train in Tokyo inspired by the kingfisher to the Eastgate Centre in Harare ... human developments. Biomimicry is not ...

In a satisfying parallel with the refining process of evolution, the combination of ingenuity and biomimicry led to a remarkable efficiency of resources. The Eastgate Centre in Harare, Zimbabwe by ...