Aguahoja I by Mediated Matter Group, which was named design project of the year at Dezeen Awards 2019, could be used in architecture says judge Nelly Ben Hayoun in this movie produced by Dezeen.
The research group, which is headed by Neri Oxman, digitally designed and robotically fabricated the structure using pectin, cellulose and chitosan.
According to the studio, these molecular components, which are found in tree branches, insect exoskeletons and human bones, are the planet's most abundant materials.
It was the way that the design behaves like a living thing that interested the judges.
"The material itself is of course a living material – it sweats, it grows, it expands, it smells – so it's coming with all of these new attributes that you would not find in a piece of design that would usually be glossy or shiny," said Ben Hayoun.
According to Hayoun, the project ignited intense discussion between the design master jury, which also included Philippe Starck, Yinka Ilori, Front's Sofia Lagerkvist, Aric Chen and Atelier NL's Lonny van Ryswyck.
"It kind of challenged all of the members of the jury in what we consider being a piece of design," said Hayoun.
"We've seen a lot of projects using biomaterial, but specifically what excited us in this project is the fact that they managed to scale it up," she continued. "And it is promising about what can be done with it in architecture and so forth."
Part of MIT Media Lab, Mediated Matter Group attempts to apply the intrinsic intelligence of natural ecologies to the way that we design and fabricate the built environment.
"We look forward to seeing what is going to come out from the Mediated Matter Group in the next five to ten years and how they are going to use that particular material moving forward," concluded Hayoun in this movie produced by Dezeen.
The leaf-like structure, which stands five meters tall, was also named sustainable design of the year at the Dezeen Awards party held at Ennismore Sessions House in London on 30 October.
At the party, A Room for Archaeologists and Kids by Studio Tom Emerson and Taller 5 received the award for architecture project of the year and Piazza Dell'Ufficio by Branch Studio Architects was named interior project of the year.
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