Algae curtain by EcoLogicStudio could make buildings more eco-friendly
London-based architecture office EcoLogicStudio harnesses photosynthesis to remove pollution from the air with this living curtain, designed to rest over building facades.
The studio's Photo.Synth.Etica "urban curtain" is a photobioreactor – an incubator for algae, which carries out the naturally carbon-sequestering process of photosynthesis.
The micro-algae feeds on daylight and air, capturing carbon dioxide molecules and storing them within the curtain, while producing oxygen and releasing it back into the surrounding air.
Micro-algae integrated into the curtain convert carbon dioxide in the air into oxygen through the process of photosynthesisThe curtain optimises this natural process, capturing approximately one kilogram of carbon dioxide per day — the equivalent to that of 20 large trees. EcoLogicStudio envisages the curtain being integrated into new and existing buildings, and doubling as a sunshade.
Serpentine tubes embedded into bioplastic panels contain the algaeThe Photo.Synth.Etica prototype is made of 16 bioplastic modules, each measuring two by seven metres. The serpentine tubes embedded into the panels optimise the carbon sequestration process, according to the architects.
Unfiltered air enters the curtain from the bottom, and as it travels up through the liquid in the tubes, the micro-algae within captures the carbon dioxide molecules. This process of photosynthesis also produces oxygen, which is released from the top of the unit.
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