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Designing Living Systems To Clean Polluted Water: Bio-Architecture

Shneel Malik |

TEDxGateway

• February 2020

Can our buildings breathe like the skin of a plant leaf, while they clean polluted water? Shneel Malik showcases the future of architectural design through Indus - a wall designed with a novel biomaterial containing microalgae that performs photosynthesis. Bridging futuristic techniques with age-old cultural practices, she discusses the potentials of fabricating Indus empowering millions of small scale artisans across the globe.

Can our buildings breathe like the skin of a plant leaf, while they clean polluted water? Shneel Malik showcases the future of architectural design through Indus - a wall designed with a novel biomaterial containing microalgae that performs photosynthesis. Bridging futuristic techniques with age-old cultural practices, she discusses the potentials of fabricating Indus empowering millions of small scale artisans across the globe.

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