Copyright Michel Zoeter
This season, Iris'
inspiration is yet another
scientific experiment; this time her inspiration is drawn from a
project lead
by architect Philip Beesley called Holozolic Ground. His almost living sculptures and
environments suggest that a future city could operate as a living being
in
which Holozolic Ground offers a vision for a new generation of
responsive
architecture. Beesley collaborates
with people from many different
disciplines including Rachel Armstrong an experimental chemist
who works with
'living technology' such as Synthetic Biology – the engineering
for living
systems –Armstrong explores metabolic materials to connect human
creations,
like architecture, with natural systems. Her innovative work
uses concepts such
as “living buildings” and “self-repairing architecture”;
architecture that is
self- sustainable and reacts to its changing environment.
