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Living Screen // Robotic Fabrication of Algae based Gels

By Irina Shaklova | Published: August 24, 2015

  The debate linked to a more responsive architecture, connected to nature, has been growing since the 1960s. Notwithstanding this fact, to this day, architecture is somewhat conservative: following the same principles with the belief in rigidity, solidity, and longevity. Bio-inspiration highlights a sensitive observation of biological processes and their transfer into novel design methodologies [...]

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BIO-CONCRETION

By Tobias Øhrstrøm | Published: July 31, 2015

Seagrass possesses the special characteristic that it hardens over time. This process creates the seagrass roofs shapeless surface character. This kind of process is known, in the science of geology,as the process of concretion. This thesis is dealing with how buildings can be a host for the nature by using seagrass as roof material. The goal is global [...]

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