Self–Repairing Architecture
Rachel ArmstrongAll buildings today have something in common: They are made using Victorian technologies. This involves blueprints industrial manufacturing and construction ...
Humans create some pretty clever designs, but until now, our constructed environment has largely been static. It’s time to take a hint from old nature and teach our buildings and products how to grow, adapt, and repair themselves. Using the principle of guided growth, fruits manufacture their own packaging, and chairs are designed to mimic bones. Even our buildings may eventually have the same urge to eat and breath as the residents inside.
Worldwide shipping of manufactured things is very inefficient. How can we ship devices and utensils in a single envelope? As seeds.
In the forest plants struggle with each others to gain sunlight. Meanwhile in the 'urban jungle' we call cities plants need...
Japanese artist Tokujin Yoshioka does not sculpt his work but grows it. His Venus chair was created by immersing a...
Joris Laarman's Bone chair takes its inspiration from the efficient way that bones grow (adding material where strength is needed...