ABSTRAK
Dalam perancangan yang berdasarkan alam, ada berbagai metode yang digunakan oleh para arsitek dan perancang yang berasal dari isu alam yang berbeda. Dalam skripsi ini, penulis mendeskripsikan beberapa metode pada tahun 1852-2013 yang digunakan arsitek mulai dari isu alam yang mendorong, pandangan akan alam dan arsitektur, metode yang digunakan dan beberapa contoh hasil perancangannya. Arsitek yang metodenya dideskripsikan dalam skripsi ini yaitu Antoni Gaudí, Frank Lloyd Wright, Hassan Fathy, Buckminster Fuller, Victor Olgyay, Ian L. McHarg, Sim Van der Ryn, Christopher Day, Eugene Tsui, Farr Associates dan Ken Yeang. Metode dideskripsikan dan dibandingkan. Terdapat korelasi antara isu, pandangan dan metode. Selain itu, pandangan arsitek mempengaruhi bagaimana arsitek merespon isu dengan metodenya.

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ABSTRACT
Within nature based designs, there are several methods which architects and designers use, that come from different nature based issues. In this thesis, the writer describes some of those methods from year 1852 to 2013 used by a number of architects, starting from the issues that trigger them, their view of nature and architecture, the methods that are used and some design examples. The architects and designer whose methods are described in this thesis are Antoni Gaudí, Frank Lloyd Wright, Hassan Fathy, Buckminster Fuller, Victor Olgyay, Ian L. McHarg, Sim Van der Ryn, Christopher Day, Eugene Tsui, Farr Associates dan Ken Yeang. The methods are described and compared. There are correlations between issues, views and methods used. Architects? views also influence how they respond to issues with their methods.