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Architect Mick Pearce designed Zimbabwe's largest office and shopping complex, the Eastgate building. Rather than choosing a costly conventional air-conditioning system, Pearce looked to the Harare savannah for inspiration.

Termite mounds are a wonder of engineering. The termites must keep their mounds at a steady temperature of 87 degrees (F) in order to grow a fungus which serves as their only food source. The mounds are composed of a system of ventilation tunnels which the termites constantly adjust as the outside air temperature changes.

Applying a similar system of ventilation to the Eastgate building, energy consumption of the building has been reduced by ninety percent. Fans suck fresh air into the atrium and blow it upstairs through vents and into offices. As the air rises and warms, it follows vents where it is blown out the roof through chimneys. Pearce utilized this technique of passive cooling as a means of designing with the surrounding natural environment.

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