Living, Breathing Buildings: Bio Foams Could Transform the Way We Build
August 07, 2024
August 07, 2024
AALTO, Finland, Aug. 7 (TNSres) -- Aalto University issued the following news release:
Could an autonomously "breathing" foam that's ninety percent air be a sustainable alternative to concrete, steel and glass in construction? A team led by researchers from Finland is set to prove it can.
Buildings that naturally react to environmental conditions, expanding and contracting to control airflow, breathing as if they are alive, sound like the stuff of fantasy. Ye . . .
Could an autonomously "breathing" foam that's ninety percent air be a sustainable alternative to concrete, steel and glass in construction? A team led by researchers from Finland is set to prove it can.
Buildings that naturally react to environmental conditions, expanding and contracting to control airflow, breathing as if they are alive, sound like the stuff of fantasy. Ye . . .