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Eliza Hague designs inflatable origami-like greenhouses from bamboo and shellac

June 15, 2020 Natashah Hitti 0
Eliza Hague designs inflatable origami-like "greenhouse villages" from bamboo and shellac

Design student Eliza Hague has created a concept for inflatable greenhouses made from shellac-coated bamboo paper to help residents of Jaipur, India, grow their own food. The University of Westminster student has developed a low-cost paper-like material from bamboo pulp as a sustainable and local alternative to the polyethylene plastic sheeting typically used for polytunnels.

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Generate to build carbon-neutral CLT apartment block in Boston

February 14, 2020 Rima Sabina Aouf 0
Model-C carbon-neutral apartment block in Boston by Generate

Architecture studio Generate has unveiled plans to build a carbon-neutral apartment block, named Model-C, in Boston using a cross-laminated timber “kit of parts”. The proposed five-storey block will use Generate’s Model-C prototype “kit of parts” system, which is a type of modular prefabrication that allows for disassembly and reuse. It is intended to achieve the Passivhaus standard for

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Switching to timber could solve Dutch housing shortage and be “a chance for our climate”

October 24, 2019 Marcus Fairs 0
Marco Vermeulen Dutch housing timber

The Netherlands could build a million new homes from sustainably harvested local wood and save 100 megatons of carbon in the process, according to architect Marco Vermeulen. The Dutch architect has calculated that the country’s 140,000 hectares of harvestable woodlands could provide enough timber for 22,000 houses each year. This means the country’s entire shortfall

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Studio Gang clads Chicago high-rise in energy-saving concrete panels

September 9, 2019 Dezeen staff 0
Rieder Group concrete cladding on Solstice on the Park by Studio Gang

Dezeen promotion: materials developer Rieder has clad the facades of Solstice on the Park, a residential tower in Chicago designed by Studio Gang, in modular concrete panels. The tower, clad by Rieder, is named Solstice on the Park due to the distinctive angular forms cut from its south, park-facing facade. The form of the building has

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University of Stuttgart creates biomimetic pavilions based on sea urchins and beetle wings

May 8, 2019 Rima Sabina Aouf 0
University of Stuttgart creates biomimetic pavilions for the Bundesgartenschau horticultural show in Germany

The University of Stuttgart has continued its experiments into biomimicry and robotic construction with two pavilions at the Bundesgartenschau horticultural show in Germany. Both of the pavilions are built by robots and are designed to imitate nature – known as biomimicry. A sweeping wooden pavilion has a shape based on sea urchins, while a fibre-composite

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Researchers re-engineer cob into sustainable new building material CobBauge

March 11, 2019 Rima Sabina Aouf 0
Researchers re-engineer cob into sustainable new building material CobBauge

Ancient building material cob has been brought up to contemporary standards by a team of British and French researchers, who see it as an environmentally friendly option for homes. The team, led by Steve Goodhew from the University of Plymouth, have created a new version of cob – a building material made a mixture of

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UNStudio develops The Coolest White paint to cool down our cities

March 1, 2019 Tom Ravenscroft 0
The Coolest White paint by UNStudio and UNStudio and Monopol Colors

UNStudio and Monopol Colors have created an extremely reflective white paint in response to the impact of climate change, which will reduce the amount of heat buildings absorb and cool our cities. By limiting the amount of light and therefore heat a building absorbs, the paint reduces the need for air-conditioning and the impact of urban heat islands. Named The

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Studio Drift deconstructs everyday objects for Materialism series at Frieze LA

February 21, 2019 Eleanor Gibson 0
Materialism by Studio Drift

Amsterdam-based Studio Drift “de-produced” a bicycle and a pencil into the chunks of the materials used to make them for an exhibit at the inaugural Frieze Art Fair in Los Angeles. The studio deconstructed the manmade items to highlight the amount of natural resources and effort involved in the extraction, labour and manufacturing of their

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