Can a building clean the air?
Welcome to the age of smog-eating architecture. Slated to make its debut at the 2015 Milan Expo, a 13,000-square-meter building will become an air purifier for the city, with a concrete facade that absorbs airborne pollutants and converts them into harmless salts that are then washed away by the rain.
Architecture helps us breathe easy.
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Welcome to the age of smog-eating architecture. Slated to make its debut at the 2015 Milan Expo, a 13,000-square-meter building will become an air purifier for the city, with a concrete facade that absorbs airborne pollutants and converts them into harmless salts that are then washed away by the rain.
Architecture helps us breathe easy.
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Can mushrooms replace stone?
These bricks are made of mushrooms. Mushrooms! The “bio-bricks” were grown inside of reflective trays made out of a mirrored film. These reflective containers were later used at the top of the tower to bounce daylight into the structure and the space around it. The tower’s shape is designed to be efficient, too, cooling itself by pushing hot air out at the top. In contrast to the energy-gobbling skyscrapers on New York City’s skyline, Hy-Fi offers a thought-provoking glimpse
of the future. Hope you like mushrooms.
We can grow the future.
Hy-Fi: 2014 MoMA/PS1 Young Architects Program winner. Queens, New York, United States THE LIVING
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These bricks are made of mushrooms. Mushrooms! The “bio-bricks” were grown inside of reflective trays made out of a mirrored film. These reflective containers were later used at the top of the tower to bounce daylight into the structure and the space around it. The tower’s shape is designed to be efficient, too, cooling itself by pushing hot air out at the top. In contrast to the energy-gobbling skyscrapers on New York City’s skyline, Hy-Fi offers a thought-provoking glimpse
of the future. Hope you like mushrooms.
We can grow the future.
Hy-Fi: 2014 MoMA/PS1 Young Architects Program winner. Queens, New York, United States THE LIVING
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Can worms replace workers?
Silk doesn’t seem like the sturdiest building material, but a group at MIT turned to 6,500 live silkworms to build a structure that connects nature with technology in a whole new way. They programmed a robotic arm to create a framework
across a metal scaffold that gave the silkworms a roadmap to follow. When the worms were let loose on the structure, they responded to light, heat, and geometry, producing patterns that were a reflection of their environment. The
resulting dome could inspire researchers to design and make man-made fiber structures never before imagined.
Architecture can imitate the beautiful efficiency of nature.
Silk Pavilion. Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States MIT MEDIA LAB MEDIATED MATTER GROUP
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Silk doesn’t seem like the sturdiest building material, but a group at MIT turned to 6,500 live silkworms to build a structure that connects nature with technology in a whole new way. They programmed a robotic arm to create a framework
across a metal scaffold that gave the silkworms a roadmap to follow. When the worms were let loose on the structure, they responded to light, heat, and geometry, producing patterns that were a reflection of their environment. The
resulting dome could inspire researchers to design and make man-made fiber structures never before imagined.
Architecture can imitate the beautiful efficiency of nature.
Silk Pavilion. Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States MIT MEDIA LAB MEDIATED MATTER GROUP
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Can metal breathe?
The outside of a building, its skin, should be more similar to human skin—dynamic and responsive to the environment. That’s the idea behind smart thermo-bimetal. Because it is made of two strips of different metals that respond
differently to heat, this experimental building material requires no controls or energy to react to changes in temperature. When installed, its reactive property allows the system to ventilate on hot days, while shading it at the same time.
Humans breathe—so should our buildings.
Bloom. (Concept) DORIS KIM SUNG
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The outside of a building, its skin, should be more similar to human skin—dynamic and responsive to the environment. That’s the idea behind smart thermo-bimetal. Because it is made of two strips of different metals that respond
differently to heat, this experimental building material requires no controls or energy to react to changes in temperature. When installed, its reactive property allows the system to ventilate on hot days, while shading it at the same time.
Humans breathe—so should our buildings.
Bloom. (Concept) DORIS KIM SUNG
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