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ArticleBiomimetics (Basel, Switzerland)2025

Challenging the Biomimetic Promise-Do Laypersons Perceive Biomimetic Buildings as More Sustainable and More Acceptable?

Michael Gorki, Olga Speck, Martin Möller, Julius Fenn, Louisa Estadieu, Achim Menges, Mareike Schiller, Thomas Speck, Andrea Kiesel

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Article in Biomimetics (Basel, Switzerland), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Michael GorkiCluster of Excellence livMatS @ FIT-Freiburg Center for Interactive Materials and Bioinspired Technologies, University of Freiburg, Georges-Köhler-Allee 105, 79110 Freiburg, Germany.ORCID 0009-0007-6138-4043
Olga SpeckCluster of Excellence livMatS @ FIT-Freiburg Center for Interactive Materials and Bioinspired Technologies, University of Freiburg, Georges-Köhler-Allee 105, 79110 Freiburg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-8705-5121
Martin MöllerCluster of Excellence livMatS @ FIT-Freiburg Center for Interactive Materials and Bioinspired Technologies, University of Freiburg, Georges-Köhler-Allee 105, 79110 Freiburg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-6608-1999
Julius FennCluster of Excellence livMatS @ FIT-Freiburg Center for Interactive Materials and Bioinspired Technologies, University of Freiburg, Georges-Köhler-Allee 105, 79110 Freiburg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-7569-8648
Louisa EstadieuCluster of Excellence livMatS @ FIT-Freiburg Center for Interactive Materials and Bioinspired Technologies, University of Freiburg, Georges-Köhler-Allee 105, 79110 Freiburg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-3164-4445
Achim MengesInstitute for Computational Design and Construction, University of Stuttgart, Keplerstr. 11, 70174 Stuttgart, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-9055-4039
Mareike SchillerInstitute for Psychology, University of Freiburg, 79085 Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany.ORCID 0009-0007-3840-1415
Thomas SpeckCluster of Excellence livMatS @ FIT-Freiburg Center for Interactive Materials and Bioinspired Technologies, University of Freiburg, Georges-Köhler-Allee 105, 79110 Freiburg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-2245-2636
Andrea KieselCluster of Excellence livMatS @ FIT-Freiburg Center for Interactive Materials and Bioinspired Technologies, University of Freiburg, Georges-Köhler-Allee 105, 79110 Freiburg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-5564-010X

Funding

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) EXC 2193/1 - 390951807 and EXC 2120/1 - 390831618University of Freiburg (Germany) Funding program Open Access Publishing
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study investigates whether or not laypersons perceive biomimetic buildings as more sustainable and acceptable, a notion termed the "biomimetic promise". Employing an experimental design (

Indexed as

biomimetic biasbiomimetic promiselayperson perceptionnatural-is-better bias

Identifiers

PMID39997109
PMCPMC11853688

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