“I think buildings should imitate ecological systems. Ecological systems in nature before we had human beings you know interfere with them exist in a state of stasis - they are self-supporting, self-sustaining.” ThinkingShouldHumansSelfStatesNatureHuman BeingsExistenceSupportBuildingArchitectureInterfereEcologyEcologicalEcosystemsSustainingStasis Author:Ken Yeang
“In most ecological systems you have a composite, biotic components as well as abiotic components acting together to form a whole, whereas in a human built environment most of the components are abiotic or they are inorganic. One of the first things we need to do is to complement the inorganic components with more organic components, and to make them interact to form a whole.” NeedsFirstsHumansWellsWholeTogetherFormActingEnvironmentBuiltComponentsEcologicalComplementCompositesBuilt EnvironmentActing Together Author:Ken Yeang
“If you look into the way that materials are used in an ecological system you'll notice that you'll find that there is no waste. The waste of one organism becomes food for another and everything's recycled in an ecological system whereas in our human built environment there's a throughput system. We use something then we throw it away... We have to imitate nature and try to re-use everything we make as human beings or recycle them - when we cannot re-use or recycle them we should try to reintegrate them back into the natural environment.” IfsWayShouldTryingHumansLooksUseUsedNaturalHuman BeingsEnvironmentMaterialsWasteBuiltOrganismsEcologicalNatural EnvironmentRecycledBuilt Environment Author:Ken Yeang
“In nature the only source of energy is from the sun. So in ecological systems everything comes from the sun through the process of photosynthesis whereas now in human built environment our source of energy is from fossil fuels, renewable, wood energy or hydro-energy but it is not from the sun. So until we are able to operate and run a human built environment by imitating photosynthesis it will be a long while before we can have a true eco-system.” HumansLongRunningAbleEnergyProcessSunEnvironmentSourceBuiltWoodsFuelFossilsFossil FuelEcologicalImitatingEcoPhotosynthesisBuilt Environment Author:Ken Yeang
“I think buildings should imitate ecological systems.” ThinkingShouldBuildingArchitectureEcological Author:Ken Yeang
