LONDON DESIGN FESTIVAL | Biodesign Here and Now
Thu 19 Sept
|Open Cell
As an architecture collective of researchers specialising in living technologies for the future, our mission is to challenge conventional methods of construction by proposing an ecocentric alternative. We believe that the buildings of the future should be living, breathing and inclusive of nature.
Time & Location
19 Sept 2019, 19:00 BST
Open Cell, Shepherd's Bush, London W12 8LH, UK
About the event
Yggrasil present in almost every mythology, an image of the mighty tree, signifying the interconnectedness of nature with its branches and roots, representing the cycle of birth, growth, death, and rebirth. In the imaginary of Norse cosmology, mistreating and exploiting this embodiment of nature endangers the realm of men reflecting our current ecological dilemma. Inspired by this imaginary, our living installation reflects on the image of the cosmological tree Yggdrasil, and dives into a collaboration with nature, highlighting the need for a non-anthropocentric understanding of our environment and a respect for life on its various scales.
FABRICATION
The exhibit features a collection of living experimental setups that utilise laboratory protocols to sustain living organisms and demonstrate the process of creation with biological materials. Each display is at a different stage of inception, demonstrating different methods of cultivation as well as finished products. The different pieces create microcosms where species thrive…