The English company Exploration Architecture, pioneer in biomimicry imagines buildings inspired by nature

In 1997, Michael Pawlyn works with the architecture team Gimshaw  on the biomimicry  architecture. He participated in the  Eden construction project  in Cornwall,  on a former quarry of Kaolin, innovative greenhouses which become a centre of tourist and educational interest on biodiversity for future generations.

From its inception, in 2007, the Exploration Company helps clients in the design of buildings according to the principles of biomimicry architecture. A method is implemented :

1.    Identification of the problem : Briefing process with clients in order to understand the specific challenges of a particular product.
2.    Divergent phase: drawing on multiple research sources and exploring a wide range of ideas
- Brainstorm.
- Examples from biology, take ideas from nature.
3.    Convergent phase: all the proposals are assessed in terms of their suitability
- Find the most efficient and effective structure for the solution. 
- Adapt it to the context, translate nature solutions in order to solve human problems.

For doing this, they rely on an extensive network of specialists, material experts, scientists and engineers who collaborate and bring their expertise to the process. Their involvement varies from a keynote presentation, to delivering a series of innovation workshops, all the way through to the development of long-term strategies.