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MIT’s Self-Assembly Lab proposes new way of growing islands and coastlines

May 13, 2019 Rima Sabina Aouf 0

Researchers at MIT and in the Maldives have come up with a solution to help coastal communities threatened by climate change: submersible objects carefully placed to promote the growth of beaches and islands. The Growing Islands project is the work of Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Self-Assembly Lab and Maldivian organisation Invena, who came together to

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University of Stuttgart creates biomimetic pavilions based on sea urchins and beetle wings

May 8, 2019 Rima Sabina Aouf 0

University of Stuttgart creates biomimetic pavilions for the Bundesgartenschau horticultural show in Germany

The University of Stuttgart has continued its experiments into biomimicry and robotic construction with two pavilions at the Bundesgartenschau horticultural show in Germany. Both of the pavilions are built by robots and are designed to imitate nature – known as biomimicry. A sweeping wooden pavilion has a shape based on sea urchins, while a fibre-composite

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“China is one of the best places for experimenting” with urban technology says Carlo Ratti

April 25, 2019 Rima Sabina Aouf 0

All eyes should be on China in the race to develop smart cities, says architect Carlo Ratti, who is co-curating this year’s Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism\Architecture in Shenzhen. China offers unique perspectives on how technology can be used to improve public space, according to Ratti, and international architects and urban planners can learn a lot. “Probably

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Invisible Landscapes installations explore how virtual reality will change architecture

April 4, 2019 India Block 0

Invisible Landscapes installation at the Royal Academy of Arts

The Royal Academy of Arts has unveiled a series of installations that show how virtual and augmented reality technologies can change the experience of buildings and spaces. The four installations were created by architect Gilles Retsin, 3D-scanning studio ScanLAB, designer Keiichi Matsuda and design studio Soft Bodies. Together they form the third and final instalment of Invisible Landscapes, a

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Researchers re-engineer cob into sustainable new building material CobBauge

March 11, 2019 Rima Sabina Aouf 0

Ancient building material cob has been brought up to contemporary standards by a team of British and French researchers, who see it as an environmentally friendly option for homes. The team, led by Steve Goodhew from the University of Plymouth, have created a new version of cob – a building material made a mixture of

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VR film offers preview of Amateur Architecture Studio’s Lin’an History Museum

March 11, 2019 Lizzie Crook 0

Lin'an History Museum by Amateur Architecture Studio in a VR film by Bartlett School of Architecture

The Bartlett School of Architecture has created a virtual reality tour of the Lin’an History Museum, designed by Wang Shu and Lu Wenyu’s studio, which is yet to open to the public. The Bartlett’s virtual reality (VR) film allows viewers to explore the museum under construction at the foot of Gongchen Mountain in Lin’an, China. It gives hints

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UNStudio develops smart neighbourhood where residents own their data

March 5, 2019 India Block 0

Brainport Smart District masterplan by UNStudio for Netherlands neighbourhood

UNStudio has unveiled plans to create the “smartest neighbourhood in the world” in the Netherlands, where residents produce their own resources and control the use of their data. Brainport Smart District (BSD) will be located in Helmond, a city in the south of the Netherlands, with the construction of 1,500 new homes over the next 10 years. Amsterdam-based UNStudio is planning

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UNStudio develops The Coolest White paint to cool down our cities

March 1, 2019 Tom Ravenscroft 0

The Coolest White paint by UNStudio and UNStudio and Monopol Colors

UNStudio and Monopol Colors have created an extremely reflective white paint in response to the impact of climate change, which will reduce the amount of heat buildings absorb and cool our cities. By limiting the amount of light and therefore heat a building absorbs, the paint reduces the need for air-conditioning and the impact of urban heat islands. Named The

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Robot Science Museum in Seoul will be built by robots

February 20, 2019 India Block 0

Melike Altınışık Architects has unveiled plans for a Robot Science Museum in Seoul, which will be built using robotic construction techniques. Robots will be used to construct the curving metal facade of the building in the South Korean capital, which the Seoul Metropolitan Government has commissioned to educate the public about robots. Parts of the structure

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World’s longest 3D-printed concrete bridge opens in Shanghai

February 5, 2019 Tom Ravenscroft 0

A team led by professor Xu Weiguo at the Tsinghua University School of Architecture in Beijing has 3D-printed a 26.3-metre-long concrete bridge, which they claim is the world’s longest. The 3.6-metre-wide pedestrian bridge, which spans a canal in Shanghai’s Baoshan District, was installed earlier this year. It was designed by Tsinghua University School of Architecture’s Zoina Land Joint

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