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ReviewBiomimetics (Basel, Switzerland)2023

Biomimicry in Architecture: A Review of Definitions, Case Studies, and Design Methods.

Nathalie Verbrugghe, Eleonora Rubinacci, Ahmed Z Khan

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Review in Biomimetics (Basel, Switzerland), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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14citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

14 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Nathalie VerbruggheBuilding, Architecture and Town Planning Department (BATir), Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Avenue A. Buyl 87 (CP 194/2), 1050 Brussels, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0002-0733-747X
Eleonora RubinacciBuilding, Architecture and Town Planning Department (BATir), Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Avenue A. Buyl 87 (CP 194/2), 1050 Brussels, Belgium.
Ahmed Z KhanBuilding, Architecture and Town Planning Department (BATir), Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Avenue A. Buyl 87 (CP 194/2), 1050 Brussels, Belgium.

Funding

Belgian Fund for Scientific Research F.R.S.-FNRS 40006597
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Biomimicry, as a field of science, is mainly defined as a solution for design problems inspired by natural models, systems, and elements. For the built environment, using nature as a guide can enhance sustainability or even go beyond that and generate a regenerative approach. This is important in the building sector to evolve towards a sustainable and circular economy and reduce CO

Indexed as

BIAbiomimicrybiomimicry classificationsbiomimicry design approachesbiomimicry design methodsbiomimicry in architecturesustainable design

Identifiers

PMID36975337
PMCPMC10046122

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