Bionic Photosynthetic Muraglia Cortina by Sean Wei-Zhe Lin is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award di Ferru in Pruduttu Sustenibile Competition Category.
FerruPruduttu Sustenibile· 2020
Bionic Photosynthetic Muraglia Cortina
Client: NTUST Green Pioneer
A' Design Award di Ferru Winner in Pruduttu Sustenibile Category
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About Bionic Photosynthetic Muraglia Cortina
Bionic Photosynthetic hè una muraglia cortina chì realizeghja una fotosintesi artificiale. U disignu imita e radiche, i fusti, e vene è u tessutu di e foglie di e piante. E vene chì portanu l'acqua sò stampate in 3D drentu à u quatru. Sti canali furniscenu l'acqua per a fotosintesi è caccianu u liquidu prodottu dopu. U quatru sustene trè strati: una copertura di vetru temperatu, un quatru cellulare di mezu è una piastra inferiore. E cellule artificiale in u strato di mezu tenenu i cloroplasti drentu à e bio-membrane. A luce di u sole è u diossidu di carbonu entrenu in e cellule, è l'ossigenu hè liberatu in l'aria.
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award di Ferru
Bionic Photosynthetic Muraglia Cortina hè un vincitore di u premiu A' Design Award di Ferru, una ricunniscenza prestigiosa attribuita à i boni disegni chì rispondenu à i requisiti prufessiunali è industriali aspettati da creazioni ben cuncipite. I vincitori di Ferru dimustranu una grande abilità, una alta specializazione, una cumpresa esperta è a capacità creativa di i so creatori. Si aspetta chì Bionic Photosynthetic Muraglia Cortina sia una creazione assai apprezzata, ammirata è cara chì hè pratica è innuvatrice. Stu disegnu vincitore di u premiu A' Design Award di Ferru integra e migliori pratiche di u settore è hà caratteristiche tecniche cumpetenti ligate à u sapè fà è à u talentu. Bionic Photosynthetic Muraglia Cortina hè rispettatu per a so meticulosità è hè cuncipitu per furnisce miglioramenti di a qualità di a vita chì aiutanu à fà di u mondu un locu megliu.
Behind the Design
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Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- In this artificial photosynthesis system, the system bionics the roots, stems, veins, and leaf tissue of plants.
In the bionics of the stems and leaves, the design use the function of 3D printing. To print out the veins of the water in the frame of the curtain wall, which includes the water needed before photosynthesis, and post-photosynthesis liquid sending away. There are three layers of tissue in the frame, the upper cover (tempered glass), the cell frame(middle frame), the lower plate. - Dimensions & Packaging
- H 150cm x W 150cm x D 6cm in triangle shape.
- Tags
- biomimicry, green, SAPS, material, architecture
- Production Technology
- In SAPS, the system bionic the roots, stems, veins, and leaf of plants by 3D printing, which includes the water needed before photosynthesis, and post-photosynthesis liquid sending away. The liquid waste containing glucose can be supplied with other biological nutrients or as a fuel. There are three layers of tissue in the frame, the tempered glass level, the cell frame, and the artificial cells in the middle. The cell contains package with the bio-membranes to contain chloroplasts and all tissues that need to run photosynthesis, also it transfers solar light and CO2 in and let the O2 release to the nature.
- Design Challenge
- Integration with building and finding the most proper plant to do experiment.
- Research
- The carbon dioxide consumption unit is metrics per square centimeter, and the numerical unit is 7.21. The photosynthesis efficiency of using water, the high dissolved oxygen molecular water efficiency is The best. The efficiency of white spectrum is highest in nighttime spectrum selection. In this 24-hour photosynthesis process. It can absorb nearly a half metric ton of carbon dioxide a day, which is the amount absorbed by one half-hectare broad-leaved forest for one-day photosynthesis. This curtain wall can reduce the carbon footprint of the building. If it is sustainable, they will restore the earth's atmospheric system like a forest.
- Inspiration
- If the idea and S.A.P.S. system integrate the characteristics of plants into the building construction materials, the system will imitate the roots, stems, and leaves; giving water, transporting to the leaves, and operating photosynthesis. Then the buildings with S.A.P.S. will be like the leaves of a tree, day and night to operating photosynthesis, continuously reducing the concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.
- Project Duration
- 2019 from Spring to summer in Taipei, Taiwan.
- Operation Flow
- In the bionics of the stems and leaves, the design use the function of 3D printing. The design print the veins of the water in the frame of the curtain wall, which includes the water needed before photosynthesis, and post-photosynthesis liquid sending away. The liquid waste (the design call it energy liquid containing glucose, which can be supplied with other biological nutrients or as a fuel).
- Patents
- Copyrights belong to NTUST Green Pioneer.
- Team Members
- WEI-ZHE LIN
CHI-LUEN CHERN
PEI-CHI TSAI
CHAO-CHUN KUNG - Image Credits
- Copyrights belong to NTUST Green Pioneer.
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