BIOMIMICRY – CITY PLANNING BASED ON ECOSYSTEMS
Cities nowadays are growing in number and size because they provide, generally, greater
health, social and economic benefits than rural areas. But along with the benefits of
urbanization have come environmental and social problems of staggering proportions. As a
result the terms Arcology has arise by an Italian-American architect, Paolo Soleri.
Arcology is Paolo Soleris concept of cities which embody the fusion of architecture with
ecology (Cosanti Foundation, 2012). It is to apply on how the ecosystem works onto the
architecture of the city. Ecosytem is not just a collection of species but a community. All of
its members depend on one another (Capra, 1998). This system can be applied to the
functions and people in the city and to make the city more sustainable it is best to optimize
the linkage of functions in the cities.
Biomimicry can create a critical bridge to the economic benefits. By increasing efficiency
and reducing costs, solutions inspired by nature can allow us to both raise standards of
living and preserve the environment. In short, large scale biomimetics technology can
reduce the economic cost of pollution, waste disposal and natural resource depletion by
optimizing the resources usage not by maximizing it (Fermanian Business & Economic
Institute, 2010).
The basic idea is to have all type of needs and functions available in one area of a city;
agriculture, cattle, industry, residential, commercial and administration (Cosanti
Foundation, 2012). With having all of these functions together, the city will be less
dependent on other area resources. With independence city, the amount of long range
