Articles
KnitCandela is a thin concrete shell made with knitted formwork
KnitCandela is a thin, sinuous concrete shell built on an ultra-lightweight knitted formwork by a team of researchers of ETH Zurich, the Computation and Design Group of Zaha Hadid Architects and Architecture Extrapolated. KnitCandela is ...
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Geckskin is an adhesive inspired by geckos
Researchers of University of Massachusetts Amherst in the US developed Geckskin, a synthetic adhesive made with stiff fabric, which was inspired by geckos. Geckos have the ability to climb vertical and overhanding walls, thanks to ...
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The first carbon negative road in the Netherlands
On 1 November, the first CO2 negative road in the Netherlands was opened, located on the N211 between Poeldijk and The Hague over a length of 2.5 kilometres (1.5 miles). CO2 negative means that more ...
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How a crystal chandelier grows
For the exhibition “From Dust to Glitter, or How a Crystal Chandelier Grows” for the Kunstgewerbemuseum, Prague-based designers Zdeněk Vacek and Daniel Pošta, who work under the name of Zorya, grew the components of a crystal ...
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This swarm of robots ‘spins’ tubular fibreglass structures
Fiberbots, a project of researchers of the Mediated Matter Group of MIT, is a digital fabrication platform fusing cooperative robotic manufacturing with abilities to generate sophisticated material architectures. The researchers took a page from nature’s ...
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A scarf with built-in air filter to protect against pollution and flu
The Bioscarf is a new scarf made out of post-consumer recycled PET bottles and a built-in air filter. The consequences of air pollution are becoming increasingly clear, and increasingly concerning. Vehicle emissions, fossil fuel use, ...
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