PRAGMATIKA.MEDIA has prepared a selection of the best solutions to protect the planet from harmful human activities.
A town of cocoa beans
The Valentino Gareri Atelier company designed a town made of cocoa bean waste in Manaba (Ecuador). Residues from chocolate production are planned to be reused as material for 3D printing parts of houses.
The project is called a kind of "Silicon Valley" for innovators in the field of circular economy. It gives impetus to the creation of new architectural objects from ecological materials.
Columnar trees with mycelium
The London company Blast Studio has developed a method of 3D printing with living mycelium and used it to form a two-meter column tree from which you can collect mushrooms.
The mycelium will be mixed with recycled paper cups, which will create optimal conditions for the germination of edible mushrooms. After that, the trunk will be dried and it will turn into a full-fledged architectural element with natural insulating and fireproof properties.
Ecological technology will allow to create architectural objects by processing waste and at the same time provide people with food. If the column is damaged or no longer needed, it can be reworked and reprinted.
Showcase made of recycled bottles
Illuminated from the inside, the polished glass of the Bvlgari showcase gives passers-by the feeling that it is made of precious jade. However, only pressed glass bottles from champagne, wine, beer and other alcohol served as the material for stained glass.
According to the designers and architects of the authors of the MRDV project, with their idea for a luxury brand, they wanted to show that environmentally friendly materials can also look expensive and luxurious.
Plastic from chewing gum
French student designers Hugo Mopety and Vivian Fischer gave a second life to used chewing gum. They developed the technology to turn it into colored plastic skateboard wheels. After the wheels wear out, the chewing gum can be crushed and melted down again to create new ones, thus creating a closed loop system.
Eco-concrete from snail shells
Graduates of the Central College of Art and Design named after St. Martin's Brigitte Kok and Irene Roca Moratsia invented the formula for an ecologically clean building material. Its properties are very similar to ordinary concrete. Its bio-version will be produced from Japanese woodworm and American signal crayfish shells.
The ash of aphids will be used as binders, and crushed crayfish shells will be used as a filler instead of traditional crushed stone and sand.
Pastilla bags
Berlin-based design students Lobke Beckfeld and Johanna Hechemeyer-Kürten have developed "temporary handbags" called Sonnet155, made from fruit skins. The translucent bag can be dissolved in water and used as plant fertilizer when it is no longer needed.
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