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ANIMAL

ARCHITECT
URE
as Human
Living
Space
Yeah, we all obviously
love architecture… but
we also know that it
can SUCK at times,
and for those times we
offer you this T-Shirt.
www.archinect.com
The real difference is that animals,
unlike humans, build in equilibrium with
the environment. Both the materials
they use and their structures do not
produce hazardous or non-recyclable
waste. They leave the environment
none the worse for their constructions. A
beaver dam may block the flow of a river causing mild
flooding, or an ant colony may devastate a tree and
eventually cause it to fall over. Such occurrences still exist
within the balance of an ecosystem. In
contrast,
humans completely alter the landscape.

Perhaps it is because the architecture


of animals is so perfectly ingrained
within the ecosystem that we humans
fail to see them for what they truly are -
ingenious, resourceful, complex,
prodigious and sophisticated architects
worthy of our respect and awe.
http://www.wilsonart.com/design/statement/viewarticle.asp?
articleid=82
"The heart is hard that is not pleased
With sight of animals enjoying life,
Nor feels their happiness augment his own."

The most popular and perhaps the most interesting


department of natural-history study is that which treats of
the manner in which animals utilise the various materials of
the universe for purposes of protection, for war and
defence, for raiment, food, and even the luxuries of life.

Man, by his superior power of


adaptation, excels the lower
animals in providing for the
comforts of life; but, on the
other hand, in such practical
arts as engineering and
domestic architecture man
frequently finds himself an
amateur in comparison. With all
man's inventions he has not been able to equal some of
the remarkable results produced by some animals. The
beaver, for example, shows a more profound knowledge of
hydraulics than man himself. The power possessed by
these craftsmen, not only in felling trees, but in duly
selecting the best places for making homes and in
appropriating substances suitable for their needs, is a
never-ending marvel!
Thus we see that these same scientists are accrediting these
little architects with the possession of a great intelligence, and
they are thought to co-operate together in a manner expressive
of the greatest degree of efficiency and brotherly feeling. Each of
these scientists gives a theory that leaves untouched the
essential question of the causes for coral-reefs assuming their

and it is reasonable to
various shapes;

believe that they work according


to a divine wisdom and plan,
and that mankind does not yet
understand their strange ways,
which give us a higher conception of the universe than that held

Science has come to


by the ancients.

the point where it must


recognise the perfect unity of all
life, and that our fellow-
architects, engineers, and
house-builders in the animal
world also fill an important place
in Nature's great scheme.
http://www.gutenberg.org/files/19850/19850-h/19850-h.htm Tent
Caterpillar
Doormouse
Caddis Larva
Andy Goldsworthy
Skenario Alternatif 1

Penggunaan arsitektur binatang


sebagai ruang tinggal manusia dari
awal kehidupan.

Skenario 2 Alternatif 2

Penggunaan arsitektur binatang


sebagai ruang tinggal manusia
setelah teknologi maju
architecture
The only true rival of
is the natural world.

Imagine..architecture and natural world as union…

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