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The first 3D printed and unreinforced concrete bridge
Engineers and architects from ETH Zürich in collaboration with Zaha Hadid Architects and other partners developed a 3D printed concrete footbridge, which thanks to the angle of material disposal, doesn’t need to be reinforced. Buildings ...
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A 3D printed compostable lamp made from orange peels
Italian design studio Krill Design created a natural and compostable desk lamp called Ohmie, 3D printed from Sicilian orange peels. Said to be the world’s first lamp made of orange peels, the desk lamp is ...
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A tower made of 99% reclaimed materials
The Boomtoren, the newest addition to the Hof van Cartesius, a circular workspace for creative and sustainable entrepreneurs in Utrecht, the Netherlands, is a tower made of 99 per cent reclaimed materials, including recycled CLT ...
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A fabric and leather alternative made of the Fique plant
Oxford University master student Gabriel Moreno created a biodegradable and renewable textile alternative called Fiquetex, made from the Colombian Fique plant, which can be used as a leather alternative, or to make things as carrier ...
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A structure inspired by trees made of multiple biobased materials
For the Italian Pavilion at the 17th Biennale Architettura in Venice, which runs from 22 May to 21 November 2021, MatRes is a metaphor for a living tree, studying material resiliency by using biological, organic, ...
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Plant-based vegan spider silk packaging could replace single-use plastic
Researchers of the University of Cambridge developed a polymer film made from plant proteins, mimicking the properties of spider silk, which could replace plastic packaging. The material was created using a new approach for assembling ...
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