Principles of the biology of the formation of phenomena: modeling nature in the process of architectural form

Abstract

Over the past few decades, the emergence of novel computational theories and methods inspired by biological systems has made it possible to have a deeper understanding of the principles of form creation. The patterning and imitation processes go beyond the formal scope to encompass the entire knowledge of how biological components are formed, providing valuable area for pattern generation. Such a new method of imitating nature can be found in algorithmic design, which is to make use of computation as the main part of computer activities through algorithms and codes and programs, like a genom in nature. The main goal of this research is to provide a clear framework and a systematic approach to the role of computational generative systems in the form generation process. For this purpose, the present study uses a descriptive-analytical method based on library research, to study and categorize and describe characteristics, mechanism of the computational systems used in form creation and Compare them. It concludes that computational systems inspired by biological principles can play an important role in the process of computational form generation in architecture.

Keywords

• form generation process
• generative systems
• computation
• algorithm