The basic idea of the research is to give a new interpretation to architecture, dynamic, long-lasting, developed and integrated with nature by reducing its environmental impact and becoming a living and organic body. An architecture with the ability to act directly on environmental issues, which are usually solved
with help of biology and biotechnology.
The aim is to create something that is not limited to exist by itself, but act as a support for the environment and inspiration to repair all damage caused by man. Buildings which does not fulfill the mere purpose of being inhabited and trampled on, but
that have, as main target, the “living” like biological creatures, like an entity in constant motion. The architectural experience acquires new meanings, becomes changeable, dynamic, characterized by a fluidity of colors that change and intensify, giving vitality to an inanimate body.
A fully equipped 10-liters photobioreactor, which constantly releases oxygen | Experimenting how words can influence living organisms [Masaru Emoto's experiment on ice crystals] |
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Low cost set-up for Chlorella cultivation. Self made sensors and arduino's device controll the cultivation values | Oxygen bubbles released from Chlorella during photosynthesis process |
Basic photobioreactors of Chlorella with different densities |
Microalgae, capable of performing photosynthesis, produce approximately half of the atmospheric oxygen and use the greenhouse gas carbon dyoxide to grow photoautotrophically. From their biomass, is it possible to obtain vitamins and proteins for human body, animal feed, medicines, cosmetics, bio-fertilizer, bio-fuel and bio-gas
Top: Chlorella cultivation, feeded by an air pump and a wide spectrum light
Left: Separation process of algal biomass and clean water
Right: Prototype of ETFE panel containing chlorella: thought to be installed on buildings façade for the ecosustainable architecure of the future
Down: Different growing phase of Nannochloropsis Oculata with consequently change of color and intensity