CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS

Construction materials What if we were to omite the use of plastic? As researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have found, a material from two naturally-occurring polymers , cellulose(C6H10O5)n -most abundant organic polymer on Earth and chitin(C8H13O5N)n -found in crustaceans, shrimp shells and fungi, could offer an environmentally-friendly alternative to traditional plastic usage.

Chitin

CASEIN (C81H125N22O39P)

The main milk’s main protein can be used to create a processable polymer. Casein is renewable, biogredable and compostable, allowing for developing a bioplastic with no significant aquatic toxicity.

Pectin

Pectin is known as a type of structural fiber found in the primary cell wall and intracellular layer of plant cells mainly in the skin of apples, oranges, lemons, and so on. How can we use to our advantage?

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Bio-materials applicability Other applications of bio-degradable materials include obtaining bio-fuel, making clothes and obtaining resistent glue made by ants, that cements structures

Photosynthetic Clothes What if we were to combine photosynthetic cynobacteria (located in oceans, freshwater pounds) and E.coli (bacterium that inhabits the human gut), two microorganisms that have never met. The cyanobacteria converts light into sugar, whereas the E.coli consumes sugar and turns it into biofuel, very useful for the built environment. Moreover, can fluoresce bright colours in darkness. This could go even further by creating photosynthetic wearables. create designs that are inspired by nature, to designs made with and by nature, to, possibly designing nature herself.

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Glue cement made by Weaver ants This ant creates huge basket leaf nests, using collective intelligence. In the process, their tasks are divided up:  workers, brace ants that hold the leaves toghether  the gluers that use special silk produced from their larvae to glue the leaves and once dried down, becomes a strong, waterproof wall, strong enough to keep the leaves in position  food collecters and protecters

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Algae-Based 3D Printer Structure Algae can produce biofuels and bioplastics. Two sheets of glass that connect to a larger reservoir at the base of the exterior windows can grow algae. Algae can grow by taking the light and heat that are not absorbed by glass. Installing small biorectors units we can transform energy and reduce the carbon emission by embracing the production of algae through objects. If Aphrodite Settlement uses the light in Venus proximity, it can grow and produce algae continuously, which turns into bio-fuel.