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Bioreceptive Concrete Panels

It was architect: Bartlett School of Architecture and designed by Marcos Cruz, Richard Beckett and Javier Ruiz. It is dated 2017-2019. Its medium is panels (2). It is a part of the department.

These concrete panels are designed to encourage the growth of mosses, lichens, and algae—all resilient organisms that conduct photosynthesis and absorb air pollution. The concrete is milled to produce fissures and depressions in geometries that are optimized to be bioreceptive. The panels are then seeded, creating a favorable environment for biocolonization when they are installed as architectural façades.

It is credited Courtesy of the designers and sponsored by University College London, Lambeth Council, and Transport for London.

Tea Screen Screen
glass, bronze.
Gift of Anonymous Donor.
1967-48-104-a

Dodecagonal Cup with Applied Flowers and Saucer Cup And Saucer

Dodecagonal Cup with Applied Flowers and Saucer Cup And Saucer
porcelain, gold.
Bequest of Mrs. John Innes Kane.
1926-22-480-a,b

Colored photo of a small construction site. A workman wearing rubber boots stands in shallow water, his back angled to the viewer. Worker holds an undetermined tool that touches an irregular white hexagonal tile.The tile is attached to a seawall composed of closely placed, cut rectangular stones in neutral colors. Bottom-most stones are heavily water-damaged.There are four tiles affixed to the wall in what might be called a four leaf clover pattern. The tiles are the same shape with cut-outs of different-sized piercings. At the center of each plaque, the holes are larger and fewer.Smaller and more plentiful holes are near the edge. Photo right shows the hands of another workman.

Eco-Engineered Hexagonal Seawall Tiles, 2017-ongoing
habitat tiles (4), projection mapping.
Courtesy of Alex Goad.
NATURE.059

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A wall brick pattern of stacked light gray to dark gray medium sized blocks. There are white scratches on light colored bricks on several areas of the wall.

Biocement™ Masonry, 2017-ongoing
installation.
Courtesy of bioMASON, Inc..
NATURE.062

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Nature—Cooper Hewitt Design Triennial.

Short URL http://cprhw.tt/o/4wUs7U/
Accession Number NATURE.047
Object ID 2318798872