Poikilohydric Living Walls
Project by: Marcos Cruz
Poikilohydric Living Walls responds to the urgency of the climate crisis by exploring ways to increase vegetative growth on architecture and improve the environmental quality of cities. It promotes the use of self-regulated biological systems on building façades and urban infrastructures by integrating poikilohydric species – algae, moss, lichen, etc. – that can switch their photosynthetic activity on and off without the need for additional irrigation and maintenance. Bioreceptive cementitious materials and novel fabrication processes were rigorously tested, to increase water absorption and retention in order to form bio-material substrata that feed this new type of living wall.
Bartlett Design Research Folios
Relevance
This project can support growth of Fungi