Definition of organic

Organic relates to shapes and forms having irregular contours which appear to resemble those of living plants or animals.

Organic Self Growing House Design

Zoomorphic // the animal within architecture

Zoomorphic deals with the animalization of inanimate objects. Animal bone structures lurk in the bridges of Santiago Calatrava and Ian Ritchie, and also in the metaphorical and concept-generating wings, fins, scales and crustacia of countless student design projects.

The notion of animal forms as a source from which to inform human made structures was popularized in D’Arcy Thompsons book On Growth and Form back in 1961. Meanwhile, plenty of literal and abstract representations of mammal, bird and fish forms abound in the built environment from…

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