POCKET CURIOSITIES
by Lilla Porkolab
A design which retrofits existing buildings with poor energy performance, tackling the gas and energy crisis, while harnessing waste heat from underground rail tracks for efficient, novel and renewable energy systems. Inflatable, agar-based bioplastic membranes are secured within a timber sub-structure. Red algae is utilised on building facades for manufacture of insulative architectural components and powerful antioxidant, astaxanthin. New, adaptable spaces are provided for existing residents and the local community.
