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Architecture that repairs itself?

Rachel Armstrong · TED

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About

Venice is sinking. To save it, Rachel Armstrong says we need to outgrow architecture made of inert materials and, well, make architecture that grows itself. She proposes a not-quite-alive material that does its own repairs and sequesters carbon, too.

The talk

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Credits and licence

Institution
TED
Department
TEDGlobal 2009
Speaker
Rachel Armstrong
Year
2009
Level
For everyone
Language
English
Subjects
Biology, Earth and environment, Art, architecture and design
Source
TED
Licence
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0, as TED states it. Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions. TED's terms
Attribution
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