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azuma makoto continues his ‘paludarium’ series of bonsai ecospheres

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with the futuristic ‘paludarium’ series, azuma makoto reinterprets a 19th century garden vessel used to transport precious plants.

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azuma makoto continues his futuristic ‘paludarium’ series of bonsai ecospheres

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You can consider working with mycelium. I have mentioned this before, it is a vegetative part of a fungus. Lately people have been using it for packaging and making pots for plants.

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Student Work: Hyunseok An's Algae Farming Design

The Coral

Hyunseok An [MID 20] is one of our graduate assistants here at the Nature Lab. Hyunseok is also the pioneer behind The Coral, an "indoor micro-algae farm designed to welcome algae into our everyday lives" and homes.

Inspired by the Korean term, "Ulrim," Hyunseok strives to incorporate "inner reverberation" into his daily practice of making. His goal is to create "long-lasting impressions on our society" through sustainable design.

Hyunseok's algae farm is both aesthetically powerful, and practical. Constructed with 16 culture cells, which make up the wall-mounted bioreactor, this streamlined device intuitively mimics symbiotic processes that occur in wild marine ecosystems.

Hyunseok wanted to reproduce the environmental and health applications of algae through a medium that is easy-to-use and looks unique in any home.

Through his eco-minded concept, Hyunseok aims to challenge people's preconceived notions about algae's existence. Beyond the slimy exterior, algae plays an important role in CO2 management, and awards consumers a variety of vitamin- and protein-rich benefits.

Each cell is equipped with purified water, salt, microalgae, and algae food. The cell follows a biweekly replenishment cycle, meaning up to two grams of microalgae (or spirulina), can be harvested per day. Over the course of two weeks, the cells transition from transparent, to a verdant shade of green, at which time the algae is ready to be served in your next smoothie!

The cells are decorated with a pattern that resembles branching coral--hence the farm's name. Aside from capturing the imagination, Hyunseok wanted to educate users about the "environmental importance of algae through a symbol of revitalizing coral." Coral bleaching is the worldwide phenomenon caused by anthropogenic activity, ocean acidification, and global warming.

Hyunseok hopes this product will encourage people to reimagine their relationship with algae and make a greater effort to incorporate nature into our expanding lifestyles.

To read more about Hyunseok An's innovation, check out the following articles:

Grow Your Own

This kit makes it shockingly easy (and pretty) to farm your own algae at home

This New Algae Farm Makes Growing Green Superfood at Home a Snap

To see the algae farm in action, watch the video below!

The Coral: home algae farming

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Nature Lab - Student Work: Hyunseok An's Algae Farming Design

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The Coral Hyunseok An [MID 20] is one of our graduate assistants here at the Nature Lab. Hyunseok is also the pioneer behind The Coral, an "indoor micro-algae farm designed to welcome algae into our everyday lives" and homes. Inspired by the Korean term, "Ulrim," Hyunseok strives to incorporate "inner reverberation" into his daily practice of making.

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Industrial agriculture is a major source of greenhouse gas emissions - but what if there was a way to sustainably produce food while solving some of the world's toughest environmental problems? That's what the folks at SPACE10, a Copenhagen-based future-living lab, tackled with the futuristic Algae Dome, a four-meter-tall food-producing building that pumps out oxygen in a closed-loop system. Powered by solar energy, the Algae Dome is a sustainable and hyper-local food system that can pop up almost anywhere with minimal impact on the environment.

Architects Aleksander Wadas, Rafal Wroblewski, Anna Stempniewicz, and bioengineer Keenan Pinto created the Algae Dome, which was presented at the CHART art fair in Copenhagen last week. Although SPACE10 has experimented with growing microgreens before, the team targets an even smaller food with the Algae Dome-micro-algae. Praised as a future "superfood," micro-algae is said to contain twice as much protein as meat and is packed with vitamins and minerals, with more beta carotene than carrots and more iron than found in spinach, according to SPACE10. Even better? Micro-algae are among the world's fastest-growing organisms and can be grown with sunshine and water almost anywhere, all while sucking up carbon dioxide and expelling oxygen in the process.

During the three-day CHART art fair, the Algae Dome produced 450 liters of micro-algae and provided an interactive architectural experience that was part food system, part furniture, and wholly educational. The large amount of food was produced in a surprisingly small amount of space thanks to the design that featured 320 meters of coiled tubing, showing off the flow of emerald green micro-algae. Visitors were invited to sit inside the pavilion and enjoy a "breath of fresh air" created by the micro-algae as it converted carbon dioxide into oxygen. Packets of delicious spirulina (a type of blue-green algae) chips, created by SPACE10's chef-in-residence Simon Perez, were placed around the pavilion to give passersby the chance to try the superfood.
Related: SPACE10 creates an open-source Growroom you can build at home
"In the future, different species of microalgae could be used as a form of nutrient-rich food, as a replacement for soy protein in animal feed, in the development of biofuels, as a way to reduce carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases from the atmosphere, and as a method of treating industrial wastewater," said SPACE10. "In other words, microalgae could help combat malnutrition, reduce our dependence on fossil fuels, help stop the destruction of the rainforest, improve air quality, and reduce pollution. Little wonder that microalgae has been dubbed the future's sustainable super crop." SPACE10 sees the Algae Dome as the prototype for food-producing architecture that could pop up virtually anywhere, from bus stops to apartment complexes.
Picture credit: Niklas Adrian Vindelev and Mike Chino

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Incredible Algae Dome absorbs sun and CO2 to produce superfood and oxygen

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Industrial agriculture is a major source of greenhouse gas emissions - but what if there was a way to sustainably produce food while solving some of the world's toughest environmental problems? That's what the folks at SPACE10, a Copenhagen-based future-living lab, tackled with the futuristic Algae Dome, a four-meter-tall food-producing building that pumps out oxygen in a closed-loop system.

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Algae Meadow : street installation during London Design Festival

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Three installations in total have been developed for the street, following an open call for "green" ideas earlier this year.

An algae factory, a timber mound and pieces of decommissioned wind turbine blades will be introduced to London's Exhibition Road, as part of three installations intended to "green" the area.

The new additions to the street - which is home to several of the capital's biggest museums, like the Science Museum, V&A and Natural History Museum - are the outcomes of a competition organised by the London Festival of Architecture (LFA) and Discover South Kensington.

"Reclaiming space for nature amidst the bustle of the capital"

Earlier this year, the LFA and Discover South Kensington put out a call to creatives, looking for installation ideas which could help support and encourage biodiversity along Exhibition Road.

At the time, the LFA described the initiative as "reclaiming space for nature amidst the bustle of the capital".

Three designs have since been chosen, with each receiving £20,000 to develop the idea (including a £3,000 design fee). The designer or team behind each idea has also been paired with one of the area's museums to provide further guidance.

A "wildflower vertical meadow"

Architectural designer, artist and Assemble member Seyi Adelekun and Wayward, a London-based landscape and architecture consultancy have designed the Algae Meadow.

It has been developed in connection with the V&A and is described as a "wildflower vertical meadow", which connects the South Kensington road with the "depths of the Serpentine Lake in Hyde Park".

It does this through a hydroponic algae canopy, which uses algae harvested and cultivated from the Serpentine. All of this has been done with help from specialists working at UCL and Imperial College.

The impact of the Algae Meadow, the team says, is to showcase how algae can serve as an "eco-friendly and cost-effective way of enhancing soil", without degrading the eco-system around it.

"A hive of discovery"

Home Away From Hive is the second installation, developed by London and Valetta-based Mizzi Studio and the Science Museum.

The installation is comprised of an organic, "nest-like" timber lattice, which has been layered with medicinal plants - a reference to the Science Museum's permanent Medicine: The Wellcome Galleries exhibition.

Aiming to provide "a hive of discovery", the team invites visitors to walk in and around the structure. As well as providing a space for visitors to sit inside, the installation is also insect friendly.

"Modified and re-purposed" wind turbines

Design and architecture studio Urban Radicals has worked with landscape Adam Harris and the nearby Goethe Institut.

Windflower features a "modified and re-purposed" wind turbine blade, in an attempt to show the scale and "surprising beauty" of the structure.

The "slices" of machinery have been planted alongside wildflowers to attract wild pollinators like bees. It also serves as a pop-up park, according to its designers, and allows visitors to walk through or sit in among the greenery.

The team behind it says Windflower aims to provoke visitors to "rethink how we use our buildings to upcycle components".

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Exhibition Road installations start eco conversations with wind power and algae | Design Week

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Three installations in total have been developed for the street, following an open call for "green" ideas earlier this year. An algae factory, a timber mound and pieces of decommissioned wind turbine blades will be introduced to London's Exhibition Road, as part of three installations intended to "green" the area.

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You mentioned the spirulina needing natural light to grow. Could you look into natural light as locations to grow?

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Cladding- cardboard, gypsum, glycerine, natural pigment

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Cladding- cardboard, gypsum, glycerine, natural pigment