The goal is researching a new technology of biologic building material production. Mycelium is the growing root like structure of mushrooms and it has been found out in a closed container with cellulose based input mycelium grows and takes the form of the container.
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Mycotecture GR2: Building from Mushrooms
Posted in Giombattista Areddia, Hristo Kovachev, Ismail Gokhan Catikkas, Renata de Castro Lotto, Uncategorized Also tagged ecologic, energy, fungi, iaac, mushroom, mycotecture, studio Comments closed
Cleaning Water with Macrophytes and Form
Valldaura, with a location in the hills surrounding Barcelona and an objective of self-sufficiency, is dependent on natural spring water. The house at Valldaura currently does not have access to potable water directly from its site–it is using an inefficient system that does not take advantage of the existent well water. Phytodepuration could potentially supply [...]
Posted in Carmen Aguilar y Wedge, Daniel Ricardo Giraldo Rivera, Jhon Alexander Giraldo Mendez, Mary Katherine Heinrich Also tagged ecologic, flowforms, macrophytes, phytodepuration, piezoelectric, water, wetlands Comments closed
alGEO: first approach to bio-photovoltaic cells
A bottle containing a green substance is placed close to the window at the third floor of the school. A red straw sticks out and sometimes someone gets close and blows to move the green particles that after a few minutes lay down on the bottom again. That was the first draft of the algae [...]
Posted in Agnieszka Wanda Janusz, Luca Gamberini Also tagged advanced architecture, algae, bioinspiration, biomimetic architecture, biomimetism, biophotovoltaic, carmelo zappulla, claudia pasquero, ecologic, ecologicstudio, electricity, externalreference, iaac, marco poletto, polito, sistemic design Comments closed