You are here:
Home / Archives for Dr Rachel Armstrong
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.
Tags: architects, architectural design, architecture, architecture that grows itself, Architecture that repairs itself, arts collaborator, cities, comicStyle, cutting-edge, developed world, Dr Rachel Armstrong, Environment, future, Gail Penney, gardens, Ideas worth spreading, inert materials, lifeStyle, main blog, medical doctor, metabolic materials, mindStyle matters, multi-media producer, mythologies about new technology, needs of populations, non exclusive, not-quite-alive material, parks, penneylane, penneylaneonline, proposal, Rachel Armstrong, repairs and sequesters carbon, replace the energy, research, science fiction author, scientists, sustainable technologies, Ted Talk, terrestrial chemistry, transform, turnStyle, urban environments worldwide, VidStyle, www.penneylaneonline.com