NATURE & CONSTRUCTED
Nature is a concept defined by culture and this concept is over-changing. It should be take into consideration when planning and designing. Nature as one the most important architectures guidelines continuously presenting in designing process, affects various aspect of architecture and buildings formation. Architect must understanding the site and the importance of the relationship between building and site.
Nowadays architects are constructing buildings without having a specific target or goal which decreases the value of the buildings. Various architects have been using concepts inspired from nature but still there are some missing parts in one of their forms, function, or structure. Therefore, the best solution for the architects to increase the optimization in their design works is looking at the nature in every aspect deeper and try to apply them in their conceptual design of their project which is the heart of the design process while other architects have neglected concepts of nature despite that the surrounding environment and nature always influences human perception.
The role of nature in architecture today is conductor between user feeling and the building or space. The building can give the feeling of the presence of the living world around us elevates the spirit. To select a natural form in architecture, selected form and structure don 't make just for beauty or attractiveness of a natural model but forms make on the base of needs, conditions and their cultural limitations. It means that should follow meaning not surface that has seen. We should recognize principals that cause organism development, living in their environment, use these relations and information in forms planning.
I think nature predominantly a design metaphor. Nature is the main inspiration for all designs within the building including exterior, interior space and interior elements. It can prevent boring repetition by changing the scale of the used concept. Metaphor can include any expression a person sees, hears or feels to be a source of metaphor in design. Reaching a new design with metaphor which have never been existing before will act as a piece of art in the place. It can also approach the design with familiar forms for visitors.
E’Terra Samara Resort, Tobermory, Ontario
E’Terra Samara is a five-star eco resort designed by Farrow Partnership studio that consists of twelve treehouse villas sensitively nestled into Canada’s Bruce Peninsula forest, which is listed as a UNESCO World Biosphere Reserve.
So as to work in harmony with the dramatic natural landscape, the treehouses are designed to be suspended in such a way that they ‘hug’ the trees, rather than being nailed directly into the lofty, historical arbors. It is surrounded by the embrace of the nature breeze , away from the sunlights , and uprise from the public circulation. It is chained strongly to the trunk of tree , presented like its a part of tree , user experience the feeling of staying on branches. The design emerged from a desire to not only be “in the trees” but also “of the trees”.
The design was inspired by the shape of a samara, a propeller-like seed capsule that falls from maple trees in autumn. Prefabricated off-site, the structures draw upon sailing boat construction techniques to create the smooth, curved shapes from locally-sourced, FSC-certified wood. Each treehouse is protected from the elements by a fabric ‘bonnet,’ which is intended to function like the leaves of a tree and will be constructed of PTFE fiberglass-coated non-toxic, flame-resistant, self-cleaning TiO2 (titanium dioxide) fabric.
Each one-bedroom treehouse features a sleeping section inside the deepest “fruit” section of the villa, with a socializing section on the outer region of the structure. The individual treehouses will additionally be located to take advantage of site-specific features to allow maximum privacy and optimum light. Currently in the design phase, the treehouses will be constructed and installed in the winter months so as to cause minimal disruption to surrounding plants.
The treehouse villas will form a part of the greater E’terra resort, which is "committed to creating a restorative place in the forest that harmonizes with nature".
It is the same in architecture as in all other arts: its principles are founded on simple nature, and nature's process clearly indicates its rules. – Marc-Antoine Laugier
We must enjoy the gift of nature. Through the history of classic architecture, and has been extended to today’s architecture, it is important to make a complete integration between the building exterior, interior and the surrounding nature by using a clear natural concept from the surrounding environment to be solving the design problems and applying it on the building. With nature providing such joy and many benefits, it is time that architects and planners leverage designs that highlight the environment in our built spaces.
