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How strong is a flax bridge?
The Smart Circular Bridge, a bridge made of flax composite in the Netherlands, was tested for its strength using reservoirs of water, weighing nearly 3500 kilograms. The Smart Circular Bridge was designed by three universities, ...
Read more >3D printing with coffee grounds
Researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder, US, developed a methods for 3D printing a wide range of object using a paste of waste coffee grounds. The project was led by Michael Rivera, an assistant ...
Read more >A rain jacket made of sunflowers
Multidisciplinary designer Jess Redgrave developed a fibre for textiles, natural dyes and a hydrophobic coating made entirely of sunflowers. Most rain jackets are made of some sort of plastic material or are made waterproof with ...
Read more >A façade material to harvest rain and cool buildings
Called HydroSkin, this façade material concept harvests rainwater and uses evaporation to cool buildings. Extreme heat and heavy rainfall events with severe inundations have a significant impact on urban architecture, resulting in considerable personal injuries ...
Read more >Timber hybrid building Netherlands BREEAM Outstanding
The timber-hybrid residential tower HAUT on the Amstel in Amsterdam, the Netherlands has scored ‘Outstanding’ with 88% on the BREEAM-NL Delivery Certificate. The luxury residential building is a development of Lingotto, designed by Team V ...
Read more >Sustainable structures made of 3D printed wood
Mexico-based company MANUFACTURA and furniture and design workshop La Metropolitana created 3D printed objects made of wood. The project, called The Wood Project or Un Proyecto de Madera, aims to reduce the amount of sawdust ...
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