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Beyond Nature-Based Rhetorics: A Prospect on the Potentials of Redundancy in Ecology-Oriented Design

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  • Nieves Mestre

    (Department of Architectural Projects, School of Architecture, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain)

  • Eduardo Roig

    (Department of Drawing, Analysis and Ideation, School of Architecture, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain)

  • Manuel Almestar

    (Itd Innovation and Technology for Development Centre, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain)

Abstract

Nature-Based Solutions are defined as infrastructures or systems which are inspired by, supported by, or copied from nature. This biophilic leitmotif has rapidly permeated and been prescribed in many fields, particularly in urban and architectural design, stimulating an invasion of green rhetorics not necessarily founded on genuine ecological performing. In this context, this article explores current gaps in the epistemology and rhetorics of NBS, expanding the field with alternative narratives such as cycle-based design and micro-scalar or process-oriented approaches. The concept of redundancy is here presented as a non-observable, still nature-based principle, already applied in disparate scientific fields such as information theory, cybernetics, or evolutionary biology, and introduced in design fields from a theoretical perspective. Novel applicability of the term will be articulated from design perspectives through various case studies, using a multi-scalar scope and concluding in a tentative taxonomy. Redundancy entails a shift from grammar-based to syntax-based design logics. Morphological redundancy is presented as an upgrade of NBS rhetorics, delivering a more advanced understanding of the hidden choreographies of nature.

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  • Nieves Mestre & Eduardo Roig & Manuel Almestar, 2021. "Beyond Nature-Based Rhetorics: A Prospect on the Potentials of Redundancy in Ecology-Oriented Design," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(23), pages 1-13, December.
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    1. Andrés Díaz Lantada & Adrián de Blas Romero & Álvaro Sánchez Isasi & Diego Garrido Bellido, 2017. "Design and Performance Assessment of Innovative Eco-Efficient Support Structures for Additive Manufacturing by Photopolymerization," Journal of Industrial Ecology, Yale University, vol. 21(S1), pages 179-190, November.
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    1. Anosh Nadeem Butt & Branka Dimitrijević, 2022. "Multidisciplinary and Transdisciplinary Collaboration in Nature-Based Design of Sustainable Architecture and Urbanism," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(16), pages 1-23, August.

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