In Radicant, we work with bone glue, a waste material from the meat industry. The bone glue acts as a binder into which we mix cellulose fibres from other waste streams; bark, paper, recycled linen (cotton) and seagrass. It is robotically 3D printed in a leaf-life filigree pattern.
Radicant asks what the design, fabrication and creation of a bio-based architecture can be. It is made as a bespoke panelling system 3D printed from different compositions of biopolymer. The tiles are materially graded composing different waste stream materials creating a six metre tall branched interweave. The wall piece is designed to be used as an interior wall or cladding. Due to its pentagonal geometry, we can assume that it can be produced and tiled.
Radicant was exhibited at AEDES Gallery in Berlin (part of Living prototypes exhibition) from 10 Dec 2022 - 25 Jan 2023
The Eco-Metabolistic Architecture project has received funding from the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (grant agreement No 101019693).
The Eco-Metabolistic Architecture project has received funding from the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (grant agreement No 101019693).