Biomaterials for growing architecture

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Result on the web

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Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Biomaterials for growing architecture

Original language description

The global crisis is manifesting itself in many areas of human action. One of the real problems is that natural resources are dwindling or being treated inefficiently. The building material is running low and the production of building material is environmentally demanding. The second aspect is that people want to live more and more in cities, which leads to more buildings, less greenery and a deterioration in the quality of a healthy urban environment. The work deals with interdisciplinary cooperation in the field of growing materials based on bacterial growth and the search for a form usable in architecture. The central investigated material is bacterial cellulose. This material is included in the research area, bio living architecture. Living organisms are able to adapt highly to changes in the environment and reproduce in a simple way. The process we are dealing with here is fermentation and it is one of the basic processes in nature. The cornerstones are water, carbohydrates, food bacteria. The process is based on a liquid basis. We try to use the natural production properties of living organisms and modify them so that we can create objects directly in the living process by gradually pulling the fungus out of the fermented solution. This process is energy-efficient and is used for an extended understanding of the ecological approach processes that can be used for architecture. We are inspired by 3D printing and with the help of bacterial growth we are looking for an architectural material and shape principle based on the principles of sustainable architecture and circular economy. Nature has evolved over many years to create complicated structures with simple elements. This man-made approach can create materials that may be irreplaceable in the future in terms of sustainability, production and aesthetics.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

O - Miscellaneous

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

60402 - Architectural design

Project

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Continuities

S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach

Publication year

2022

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů