BIOMATERIALS AUGMENTED ARCHITECTURES

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BIOMATERIALS
Tutors: Nancy Diniz, Course Leader MA Biodesign Central Saint Martins UAL Alice Taylor, Lecturer of Biology and Living Systems MA Biodesign Central Saint Martins UAL Frank Melendez, Asssistant Professor SSA Architecture School CCNY Image Credits: Above left and right: Cassandra Quinn, Carolina Kyvik Ruiz, Eleonora Rombolà, Kit Ondaatje Rolls, Marie Melcore MA Bodesign CSM UAL 2019/20 Below left: Eleonora Rombolà and Paula Camina Eiras and Julia Jueckstock and Cinzia Ferrari MA Bodesign CSM UAL 2019/20 Below right: Luisa Jannsen and Bhavya Desai Andrew; Cardona and Jared Passen; Daniel Akinsulare and David Weeks SSA CCNY Advanced Studio	Sustainability, industrial ecology, eco-efficiency, and green chemistry are guiding the development of the next generation of materials, products, and design processes. The mounting awareness of energy and material resource scarcity, and other environmental concerns has brought unprecedented change to how we relate to the physical environment, requiring us to re-assess conventional methods of material selection and performance. Through different workshops and hands-on courses we introduce students to growing materials from waste by observing the material behaviour of living organisms such as Mycellium, Acetobacter Xylinum bacteria, Physarum polycephalum and micro-algae for example and thus introducing students to creating sustainable speculative materials.


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