Beyond LEED: Constructing a bridge to biomimicry for Canadian interior design educators

dc.contributor.authorCash, Karen
dc.contributor.examiningcommitteeKarpan, Cynthia (Interior Design) Gilbert, Cindy (Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minneapolis, Minnesota)en_US
dc.contributor.supervisorMallory-Hill, Shauna (Interior Design)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2016-01-11T15:53:53Z
dc.date.available2016-01-11T15:53:53Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.degree.disciplineInterior Designen_US
dc.degree.levelMaster of Interior Design (M.I.D.)en_US
dc.description.abstractInterior designers require advanced sustainable strategies beyond the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) rating system to expand their ecological accountability. Biomimicry is a biology inspired design (BID) methodology that is integrating into U.S. interior design (ID) curricula. This thesis research aims to identify the extent to which biomimicry is taught in Canadian post-secondary ID programs. Through a mixed-methodology research design, this study explored the strategies and lessons learned from North America interior design educators teaching biomimicry. Integrating a science-based problem-solving methodology into design education requires a transition strategy that includes both high-tech and low-tech teaching tools. This study discusses avenues to heighten biomimicry awareness, for Canadian educators, and addresses the challenges that weaving a complex multidisciplinary topic into interior design pedagogy will bring. Future research regarding biomimicry applications from interior design learner and practitioner perspectives would complement this study, and inform biology inspired design curricula development.en_US
dc.description.noteFebruary 2016en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1993/31019
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.rightsopen accessen_US
dc.subjectBiomimicry, Biology inspired design, Sustainable design, LEED, Interior design, CIDA, Integrated design processen_US
dc.titleBeyond LEED: Constructing a bridge to biomimicry for Canadian interior design educatorsen_US
dc.typemaster thesisen_US
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