7WOMBSimilar to how a mother sustains life for her baby through a natural dynamic process, the creche creates a nurturing environment responding to the annual climatic cycle of mother nature. In doing so it becomes an embodiment of the ‘Form Follows Climate’ ideal; thereby simply becoming the “womb”
75Institutional Excellence AwardFlower of the DesertChoosing arid climate and Following Biomimetic design, we came to across a plant that lives in the Namibia desert, Welwitschia which is extremely sustainable in Arid areas and lives about 1000 to 1500 years. The unusual form of this plant keeps the soil under the plant cool and moist. The thick leaves lay on the sand surface and prevent wind erosion aswell.
