These are 3D printed cushions and pockets of polymer materials, that can expand and change its form. Controlling the amount of material and where to restrict airflow. We can control which part expands and at what rate. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBSSyXU2hmE Inflatable Architecture Although uncommon, there is a whole history of prescedented inflatable architecture with the Hirshhorn Bubble... Continue Reading →
Geopolymer cements use waste materials as a binder and are stronger and more sustainable than conventional Portland cements. CCHRC has studied more than 600 recipes of geopolymers made with use fly ash, a byproduct of coal combustion, from local power plants. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ci07_52EnBg Cement as we know is the binding agent of aggregates in concrete. Cement... Continue Reading →
A growing trend in Africa where the climate is hot and have drastic temperature differences. The light weight bamboo structure could be made out of locally available materials with a membrane inside, the condensation happening between day and night is captured in the membrane and stored as drinkable water. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THJVuinPbc0 Special thanks to Koon V... Continue Reading →
Vesaluoma worked alongside architecture firm Astudio to create the Grown Structures series using mycelium, the vegetative part of a mushroom fungus. Vesaluoma, a student at London's Brunel University, developed a technique where the mycelium material is mixed with cardboard before being moulded into what he calls "mushroom sausages" using a tube-shaped cotton bandage. The long sausages are... Continue Reading →
I have no idea if there is any practical or aesthetical architecture applications. But some pretty cool shit so here goes. https://www.bareconductive.com/shop/electric-paint-50ml/
Innovative material technology throwing in Titanium Dioxide into concrete mix. This is also known as biodynamic cement. The chemical reaction is set off with reaction to UV light, this collects smog particles which are washed off when it rains. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jyoA3MIf1c A field test in Manila produced phenomenal results: Each square meter of the module removed... Continue Reading →
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