Monday, June 22, 2015

This amazing canopy melds nature and technology into something awesome!

This amazing canopy melds nature
and technology into something awesome!


VIDEO

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=bC7yLdYbnkU


Additional Videos I found....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=os2ZznTTIYA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=l43OMl_eqAo

How to "farm" algea
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=VG95GhUR-Bc




EcoLogicStudio in London has designed an Urban Algae Canopy, which produces
the same amount of oxygen daily as a forest of 40,000 square meters.
This cutting-edge technology was unveiled this week at Expo Milano 2015 Future
Food District.

The prototype is the world’s first bio-digital canopy, integrating micro-algal cultures
and real time digital cultivation protocols within a unique architectural cladding system.

Once completed, the Urban Algae Canopy will produce the oxygen equivalent of four hectares of woodland and up to 150kg of biomass per day, 60% of which are natural vegetal proteins.

Designers say: “In EcoLogicStudio we believe that it is now time to overcome the segregation between technology and nature typical of the mechanical age, to embrace
a systemic understanding of architecture. In this prototype the boundaries between the material, spatial and technological dimensions have been carefully articulated to
achieve efficiency, resilience and beauty.” 

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