The topic of the upcoming EXPO 2015 in Milan is "Feeding the planet –
Energy for life.” So how could a pavilion deal with that topic? It’s
name is Biolosophy, a design by architecture student Patrick Vogel
at Wismar University, Germany The basic idea was to design a building,
that seems "alive” and maybe eatable. Food is getting scarce on the
planet, and meanwhile the world population is increasing. One almost
infinite resource that we have is algae. The building is created with
special columns and beams, made of steel, concrete and acrylic glass
with algae growing in it. So the visitor of the pavilion feels like they
are moving in a huge cell structure and can watch the algae grow and
also eat it.
The design deals with the global food crisis and shall show new
possibilities that we should all observe. It should be seen as a food
producing algae sculpture with a highly sustainable effect in terms of
feeding the planet and dealing with upcoming global issues. We already
have the technology for growing algae, decreasing CO2 through algae
cultivation and producing healthy algae-food, so why not use it in a
modern building?
Источник: http://www.evolo.us/architecture/german-pavilion-for-2015-milan-expo-patrick-vogel/ | 
