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14-15.12.2023
Bio-ID end-of-term project reviews in Here East at the Bartlett School of Architecture, London UK.
Students: (Year 2) Farida Radwan; Sophie Kirkpatrick; Maria Creuheras Gonzalez; Natalie Rizk; Nathanael Myers; Edward Khoury; Yumeng Wei; Gayatri Jain; Xinrui Cai; Fang-Yu Liu; Rashneet Chhabra; Sahda Salsabila; Daisy Rani Xavier; Sophia Saleki; Aitch Hunt; Isik Ogutcu; Rida Mughal; Keren Permutti; Andrita Orbandi; Choi Wing Tse; Chao Chun Kung; (Year 1) Juhi Dhanesha; Miranda Xiyao Shou; David Humberto Gil Garzon; Robin Kown; Suchi Chai; Basil Frost; Yingying Yan; Yi-Ning Loh; Grace; Aaushi Mehta; Ping-Chun Shih; Jana Bakr; Kayan Patel; Arin Aydogdu; Parisa Azizi Shamami; Xinning; James Zengjie Lang; Sarvin Farhangi; Roba Alfraih; Xiaomeng Fang
Tutors/critics: Alexandra Lacatusu; Anete Salmane; Ella Hetherington; Ian Robinson; Tony Le; Javier Ruiz; Pradeep Devadass; Nina Jotanović; Andreas Körner; Brenda Parker; Marcos Cruz
Bacterial culture in petry dish by Parisa Azizi Shamami
Photo credit: Marcos Cruz
13.12.2023
End-of-term project reviews of C-Biom.A / Marcos Cruz and Ricardo Mayor Luque at Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia / IaaC, Barcelona Spain
Students: Carlos Alejandro Herrera Flores; Somaih Medhat Abdelaziz Elsayed Bakr; Ruining Xie; Zhixing Tian; Anish Hatekar; Sunny Manish ChopdaCritics: Ilaena Napier; Oriol Carrasco; Jessica Dias; Mathilde Marengo; Kevin Matar; Ricardo Mayor Luque; Marcos Cruz
13-12-2023
Winning grant for international network focused on Building with Blue Biomass, Copenhagen Denmark.
Principal Investigator: Paul Nicholas
Partners: Paul Nicholas, Mette Ramsgaard Thomsen - CITA / Royal Danish Academy, Copenhagen; Brenda Parker, Marcos Cruz - Bio-ID / The Bartlett School of Architecture & Department of Biochemical Engineering UCL, London; Ben Hankamer - Centre for Solar Biotechnology / University of Queensland, Brisbane; Tim Schork, Fred Teixeira, Muge Teixeira - School of Architecture & Built Environment / University of Queensland, Brisbane; Anders Egede Daugaard - The Danish Polymer Centre / Technical University of Denmark; Peter Normann Vangsbo, Michael Pontoppidan - Arup Denmark, Copenhagen; Lasse Lind - GXN
From algae to seagrass to shellfish. How can renewable marine blue-biomass reduce the carbon footprint of the building industry?
A new international and interdisciplinary network “Building with Blue Biomass” will explore the potentials of marine and aquaculture-based biomass. The aim is to help reduce the carbon footprint of buildings and accelerate the building industry’s transition towards circular and renewable bio-based materials.
A new international and interdisciplinary network “Building with Blue Biomass” will explore the potentials of marine and aquaculture-based biomass. The aim is to help reduce the carbon footprint of buildings and accelerate the building industry’s transition towards circular and renewable bio-based materials.
How can we 3D print building components made from seagrass or algae? Could substitutes for concrete and masonry made from fast growing micro algae help to turn our buildings into carbon sinks? And how can blue biomass contribute to a circular economy of materials?
The international network “Building with Blue Biomass” establishes research collaborations between leading experts from Denmark, Australia and the UK.
The network creates a platform to connect local knowledge and share solutions between countries rich in regenerative blue biomass resources and identify future pathways and research to reduce the environmental impact of the building industry. It is led by the Royal Danish Academy – Architecture, Design, Conservation and includes 3XN/ GXN Architects, the Danish Technical University, Arup, University College London, Queensland University of Technology and University of Queensland.
Paul Nicholas, Associate professor at the Royal Danish Academy – Architecture, Design, Conservation and head of “Building with Blue BioMass” states:
“Our future building culture will be one of bio construction and bio renovation. Marine based materials and advanced manufacturing should play a key role, but we need to consolidate knowledge and translate research to speed up implementation'.
The international network “Building with Blue Biomass” establishes research collaborations between leading experts from Denmark, Australia and the UK.
The network creates a platform to connect local knowledge and share solutions between countries rich in regenerative blue biomass resources and identify future pathways and research to reduce the environmental impact of the building industry. It is led by the Royal Danish Academy – Architecture, Design, Conservation and includes 3XN/ GXN Architects, the Danish Technical University, Arup, University College London, Queensland University of Technology and University of Queensland.
Paul Nicholas, Associate professor at the Royal Danish Academy – Architecture, Design, Conservation and head of “Building with Blue BioMass” states:
“Our future building culture will be one of bio construction and bio renovation. Marine based materials and advanced manufacturing should play a key role, but we need to consolidate knowledge and translate research to speed up implementation'.
04-12-2023
External examination / viva of Anosh Butt's PhD thesis Developing a transdisciplinary collaboration framework (TCF) for nature-based design (NBD) of sustainable buildings, at the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow UK.
External Examiner: Prof Marcos Cruz
Internal Examiner: Dr Andrew Agapiou
Convener: Dr Cristina Gonzalez-Longo
Internal Examiner: Dr Andrew Agapiou
Convener: Dr Cristina Gonzalez-Longo
Dec 2023
Book Chapter: Parker, B.; Cruz, M. 'Symbiotic Tectonics of the Biocene'. In Integrative Facades: Everything that can happen between inside and outside (eds Cristina Pardal, Enrique Corbat), Recolectores Urbanos Editorial, Málaga.
31-03-2023
Guest presentation at the BIODIG conference, Universitat Internacional de Catalunya (UIC), Barcelona, Spain.
Host: Alberto Estevez
Speakers: Karl Chu, Marcos Novak, Neil Leach, Kas Oosterhuis, Maria Voyatzaki, Francois Roche, Claudia Pasquero and Marco Poletto, Emeline Ragbin Pablo Lorenzo-Eiroa, Eric Goldberg, Marcos Cruz
02/03-03-2023
External Examiner at the Architectural Association Design Research Lab (AADRL), London, UK.
03-02-2023
Meeting of Critical Friends to develop the future Masterplan of the St Andrews Botanic Gardens, Scotland, UK.
Host/Director: Harry Watkins
Participants: Tom Meagher, Sabine Hotho, Richard Keating, Beccy Middleton, Rebecca Duncan, Brenda Parker, Marcos Cruz
04-01-2023
Article and project illustrations: Cruz, M; Parker; B. 'Microbial to Tectonic'. In Microbial Ecologies / Antennae Journal #59 (ed Giovanni Aloi and Ken Rinaldo), Chicago, USA.
