{"id":4687,"date":"2014-04-27T16:05:12","date_gmt":"2014-04-27T16:05:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/blog\/?p=4687"},"modified":"2014-04-27T16:05:12","modified_gmt":"2014-04-27T16:05:12","slug":"algaetecture-algae-urban-canopy-for-milan-expo-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/blog\/2014\/04\/algaetecture-algae-urban-canopy-for-milan-expo-2015.html","title":{"rendered":"Algaetecture: Algae Urban Canopy For Milan Expo 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Algae Urba Canopy, as part of the Future Food District project, is being developed by Carlo Ratti Associati at the central crossroads of the\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.evolo.us\/architecture\/zaha-hadid%E2%80%99s-serac-bench-for-lab-23-unveiled-at-milan-design-week\/\">Milan<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0EXPO site. The pavilions\u2019 fa\u00e7ades and canopy utilize new systems of micro-algae, designed by Cesare Griffa and ecoLogicStudio. Two prototypes \u2013 full scale models of the fa\u00e7ade and canopy \u2013 are being previewed as part of INTERNI\u2019s Exhibition-Event \u2018Feeding New Ideas for the City\u2019 during Milan Design Week.<\/p>\n<p>The functioning principle of these prototypes is based on the exceptional properties of micro-algae organisms, which are ten times more efficient photosynthetic machines compared to large trees and grasses. The fa\u00e7ade and canopy currently being developed for EXPO Milano 2015 develop a natural man-made\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.evolo.us\/architecture\/first-museum-of-the-new-eco-city-ecology-and-planning-museum-in-tianjin-china-by-steven-holl\/\">ecology<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0and explore the use of algae as an integrated architectural cladding and urban agriculture system. Algae can represent an important part of creating a healthy and live-able planet. Giving life to mysterious urban gardens, algae can be used as an innovative energy and food production system within our cities.<\/p>\n<p>The Urban Algae Canopy, based on ecoLogicStudio\u2019s \u2018HORTUS\u2019 system, is presented with a 1:1 scale prototype of the world\u2019s first bio-digital canopy integrating micro-algal cultures and real time digital cultivation protocols on a unique architectural system. The potential of micro-algae have been integrated within a custom designed four-layered ETFE\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.evolo.us\/architecture\/skyscraper-in-bogota-utilizes-garbage-as-cladding\/\">cladding system<\/a><\/strong>, whilst the flows of\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.evolo.us\/architecture\/jakartas-pertamina-energy-tower-worlds-first-super-tall-tower-whose-design-was-primarily-energy-efficiency\/\">energy<\/a><\/strong>, water and CO2 are controlled and regulated in real-time and made to respond and adjust to weather patterns and visitors\u2019 movements. Once completed, as part of the EXPO Milano 2015 Future Food District, this special edition of the Urban Algae Canopy will produce the equivalent amount of oxygen as four hectares of woodland, and up to 150 kg of biomass per day \u2013 60% of which are natural proteins.<\/p>\n<p>The Urban Algae Fa\u00e7ade \u2013 based on Cesare Griffa\u2019s \u2018WaterLilly 2.0\u2019 system \u2013 is the prototype of a micro-algae fa\u00e7ade, being developed in a special edition for EXPO Milano 2015. \u2018WaterLilly 2.0\u2019 is a project for a micro-algae vertical farm to be implemented as an architectural skin. The intention here is that, integrated into the green system of the cities, micro-algae can help in absorbing carbon dioxide and producing oxygen, while acting as a\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.evolo.us\/architecture\/3xlp-wins-skin-digital-fabrication-competition\/\">second skin<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0of buildings, boosting passive cooling and increasing shading of the fa\u00e7ade.<\/p>\n<p>Source:\u00a0http:\/\/www.evolo.us\/architecture\/algaetecture-algae-urban-canopy-for-milan-expo-2015\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Algae Urba Canopy, as part of the Future Food District project, is being developed by Carlo Ratti Associati at the central crossroads of the\u00a0Milan\u00a0EXPO site. The pavilions\u2019 fa\u00e7ades and canopy utilize new systems of micro-algae, designed by Cesare Griffa and ecoLogicStudio. Two prototypes \u2013 full scale models of the fa\u00e7ade and canopy \u2013 are being [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[81,5,83,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4687","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-algae","category-algae-energy-companies","category-algae-energy-events","category-algae-energy-products"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4687","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4687"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4687\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4688,"href":"http:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4687\/revisions\/4688"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4687"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4687"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4687"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}