Bionic Photosynthetic Curtain Wall by Sean Wei-Zhe Lin is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award i Järn in Hållbara Produkter, Projekt och Grön Design Competition Category.
JärnHållbar produkt· 2020
Bionic Photosynthetic Curtain Wall
Client: NTUST Green Pioneer
A' Design Award i Järn Winner in Hållbar produkt Category
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The Design
About Bionic Photosynthetic Curtain Wall
Bionic Photosynthetic är en gardinfasad som utför konstgjord fotosyntes. Designen efterliknar rötter, stjälkar, ådror och bladvävnad hos växter. Ådrorna som transporterar vatten är 3D-printade inuti ramen. Dessa kanaler förser fotosyntesen med vatten och avlägsnar vätskan som bildas därefter. Ramen håller tre skikt: ett skyddande lager av härdat glas, en mellanliggande cellram och en undre platta. Konstgjorda celler i mellanskiktet innehåller kloroplaster inuti biomembran. Solljus och koldioxid tränger in i cellerna, och syre frigörs till luften.
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award i Järn
Bionic Photosynthetic Curtain Wall är vinnare av A' Design Award i Järn, ett prestigefyllt erkännande som tilldelas bra designverk som uppfyller de professionella och industriella krav som förväntas av välgjorda skapelser. Järnvinnare visar stor skicklighet, hög specialisering, expertförståelse och skaparnas kreativa förmåga. Bionic Photosynthetic Curtain Wall förväntas vara en högt skattad, beundrad och älskad skapelse som är praktisk och innovativ. Detta vinnande verk i A' Design Award i Järn integrerar branschens bästa praxis och har kompetenta tekniska egenskaper kopplade till kunnande och talang. Bionic Photosynthetic Curtain Wall respekteras för sin grundlighet och är utformat för att åstadkomma förbättringar av livskvaliteten som hjälper till att göra världen till en bättre plats.
Behind the Design
Press Kit
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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