Name: Architecture that repairs itself?
Uploaded: 2009-10-27T09:03:00Z
Duration: 7 min 15 s
Description: Venice is sinking. To save it, Rachel Armstrong says we need to outgrow architecture made of inert materials and, well, make architecture that grows itself. She proposes a not-quite-alive material that does its own repairs and sequesters carbon, too.

Venice is sinking. To save it, Rachel Armstrong says we need to outgrow architecture made of inert materials and, well, make architecture that grows itself. She proposes a not-quite-alive material that does its own repairs and sequesters carbon, too.

Rachel Armstrong: Architecture that repairs itself?

Architecture that repairs itself?

Exploring the threshold between inert and living matter, a quest for sustainable architecture that grows, repairs, and sequesters carbon.

Protocells, devoid of DNA, mimic life by moving and reacting architecturally, offering a blueprint for self-sustaining materials.

Envisioning Venice's future with a grown limestone reef foundation, a blend of ancient materials and cutting-edge metabolic technology.