As neighborhoods devastated by Hurricane Sandy begin drafting plans for reconstruction, some progressive architects and urban planners are arguing that the emerging science of biomimicry offers a way forward. The notion is that the next generation of waterfront designs could draw inspiration from the intricate ways that plants and animals have adapted to their situations over hundreds of millions of years.
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PLANTING IDEAS: HOK’s design for Project Haiti, an orphanage for Port-au-Prince, was inspired by the way kapok trees store water.
