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Breathing Skin

Buildings that breathe

The “Breathing Skin” is a responsive façade technology that mimics the pores of human skin by using “pneumatic muscles”, air channels embedded between two glass surfaces, that inflate or deflate...

Buildings that breathe

The “Breathing Skin” is a responsive façade technology that mimics the pores of human skin by using “pneumatic muscles”, air channels embedded between two glass surfaces, that inflate or deflate...

Image credit: Michiel De Cleene

Belgium’s breathing pavilion

Curated by landscape architect Bas Smets and neurobiologist Stefano Mancuso, the project explores how plants can be used to produce indoor climates, rather than being treated as decorative elements. 

Belgium’s breathing pavilion

Curated by landscape architect Bas Smets and neurobiologist Stefano Mancuso, the project explores how plants can be used to produce indoor climates, rather than being treated as decorative elements. 

Credit: Yorke & Curtis, Inc.

Portland's tribute to urban connections

The concrete base of the building anchors it to the industrial fabric of the Eastside, while the upper glass façade provides a transparent showcase that reveals the wooden interior. These...

Portland's tribute to urban connections

The concrete base of the building anchors it to the industrial fabric of the Eastside, while the upper glass façade provides a transparent showcase that reveals the wooden interior. These...

Credit: King’s Cross Coal Drops Yard

A new step for net-zero urban transformation

Buro Happold, partnered with King’s Cross Central Limited Partnership (KCCLP), crafted a decarbonisation strategy rooted in the UK Green Building Council’s framework and aligned with the Paris Agreement’s 1.5°C targets.

A new step for net-zero urban transformation

Buro Happold, partnered with King’s Cross Central Limited Partnership (KCCLP), crafted a decarbonisation strategy rooted in the UK Green Building Council’s framework and aligned with the Paris Agreement’s 1.5°C targets.

The Diamanti project

A 3D-printed bridge that can change the future

The bridge consists of nine interlocking concrete modules, each robotically 3D-printed using a specialized low-carbon mix developed by Sika Group. 

A 3D-printed bridge that can change the future

The bridge consists of nine interlocking concrete modules, each robotically 3D-printed using a specialized low-carbon mix developed by Sika Group. 

Source: Interior Design

This 3D printed chair was designed by nature

Using Dassault’s CATIA software, a tool that emulates nature through algorithms based on gravity, atomic density, and fractal systems, Jouin was able to design something previously unimaginable. 

This 3D printed chair was designed by nature

Using Dassault’s CATIA software, a tool that emulates nature through algorithms based on gravity, atomic density, and fractal systems, Jouin was able to design something previously unimaginable.