RESEARCH ARTICLE

Symbiotic architecture: Redefinition of recycling design principles

  • Milan Šijaković , 1 ,
  • Ana Perić 2,3
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  • 1. School of Architecture of Barcelona (ETSAB), Polytechnic University of Catalonia, Calle Jordi Girona, 31,08034 Barcelona, Spain
  • 2. ETH Zürich, Institute for Spatial and Landscape Development, Stefano-Franscini-Platz5, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland
  • 3. Faculty of Architecture, University of Belgrade, Bulevar kralja Aleksandra 73/II, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia

Received date: 15 Sep 2017

Revised date: 25 Dec 2017

Accepted date: 26 Dec 2017

Published date: 28 Mar 2018

Copyright

2017 2017 Higher Education Press Limited Company. Production and hosting by Elsevier B.V. on behalf of KeAi. This is an open access article under the CCBY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).

Abstract

The study seeks to examine the possibility of implementing the biological concept of symbiosis into the field of architecture for redefining the design principles of architectural recycling. Through an in-depthan alysis of the biological concept of symbiosis (i.e.,a close and often long-term interaction between two or more different biological species and the criteria that govern the differentiation between symbiotic associations), three redefined design principles of recycling—commensalism, mutualism, and parasitism—have been described, which form the base for defining the “recycling model.” Its value is in its multidisciplinary character and its systematic approach to the topic of recycling architecture. The principles embedded in this model relate to the aspects of structure, material, form, and spatial organization. The research methodology includes three case studies, which correspond to three redefined design principles and illustrate their basic characteristics. The research draws upon the biological concept of symbiosis, and its purpose is to elaborate possible structural, material, formal, and spatial relationships between the existing building and the new intervention in architectural recycling.

Cite this article

Milan Šijaković , Ana Perić . Symbiotic architecture: Redefinition of recycling design principles[J]. Frontiers of Architectural Research, 2018 , 7(1) : 67 -79 . DOI: 10.1016/j.foar.2017.12.002

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