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Architecture that repairs itself.


venice, italy is sinking. to save it, rachel armstrong says we need to outgrow architecture made of inert materials and, well, make architecture that grows itself.



she proposes a not-quite-alive material that does its own repairs and sequesters carbon.

via ted – ideas worth spreading

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