Miriam van der Lubbe, creative director of Dutch Design Week 2022, said at the opening: "Doing nothing is no longer an option, we have to act now. Not everything will go the way we planned or hoped, but I don't think it's a problem at all, the only mistake we can make is not to start."

In this year's architectural work for Dutch Design Week, the designers see the city as an organic creature, not just a container, a human habitat. By creating a range of varied environments in the home and outdoors, new potential habitats are added that allow a variety of creatures to survive comfortably.

From the sun to mycelium, the fancy development and application of biomaterials

Solar Pavilion designed by V8 Architects in collaboration with the award-winning studio Marjan van Aubel for its innovative solar design practice

The use of the sun's energy to build houses actually began as early as the 4th century B.C., when Aristotle in ancient Greece suggested that houses "should have small north windows and large south windows, and have gables that project horizontally to keep warm in winter. Design Week's Solar Pavilion is a vibrant gathering place designed by V8 Architects in collaboration with Marjan van Aubel, an award-winning studio with an innovative solar design practice. A 10m x 10m solar pavilion that from a distance looks like a rainbow with graceful curves. The pavilion consists of four sturdy steel masts with a glass solar panel in the center. All components were borrowed and returned to the owner and partners at the end of the design week for true recyclability.

Solar Pavilion designed by V8 Architects in collaboration with the award-winning studio Marjan van Aubel for its innovative solar design practice

Urban Reef is a young Dutch startup focused on researching, developing and designing contexts and interactions for urban environments that transcend the human condition. interactions that allow multiple species to live better in the city. Designers Pierre Oskam and Max Latour use materials such as 3D printed designs, mycelium and ceramics to set up complex geometric designs, which absorb moisture from the air and allow the plant seeds inside to germinate, thus growing a thriving greenery.

"Urban Reef" series

The current "Urban Reef" has two conceptual pieces: the "Rain Reef", a mixture of "seeds", coffee grounds and mycelium, which will serve as a rainwater collector to help leave more water in a concrete environment that cannot retain moisture, and the "Zoo Reef", which will be placed in the city's green spaces to become a new urban landscape that creates a biological microclimate.

"Urban Reef" series

Studio Hendrikx is dedicated to expanding the horizons of the human imagination by exploring biological materials that give everyday objects a life of their own - imagine, for example, a house that breathes. Sea anemones play a vital role as recyclers in the marine ecosystem, feeding on plant and animal excrement and drawing waste from the ecosystem into their aerated bodies. Studio Hendrikx Design believes that cities produce a lot of organic waste, which is dumped into the sea every day. The studio designed a hand-blown glass "Nibble" (nibble), a wave-edged transparent fish tank with colorful anemones, which not only "eats" organic waste in the home, but also swims in this tank and emits a charming light. The anemones have become a home decoration. In addition to anemones, Studio Hendrikx has also made barricades out of concrete and moss, and naturally degradable "living coffins" and houses out of mycelium from mushrooms.

Building a climate-friendly, low-carbon society together

Recycled Biobased Research and Design Studio Omlab has developed a collaboration with MVRDV Architects, Climate Collective, Raven Kiss and Mobilane to research biodegradable materials for buildings and infrastructure, and how they can benefit urban biodiversity. research, design and manufacturing. At the same time, Omlab participates in national emission-free building programs and bio-based creations, using no minerals, fossil raw materials or chemical additives in the development process and limiting primary bio-based materials as much as possible. This year they developed an eco-friendly and cement-free lightweight material with the strength of gypsum concrete, almost 100% of its raw materials come from sewage and drinking water treatment, and the lime in the material "Itbettermatter" counteracts soil acidification. For natural outdoor applications, Omlab started in the fall of 2022 to research seeds and minerals to enrich the life of the soil. Each prototype is based on the following principles: environmentally friendly construction and soil biodiversity.

Rotor Home

World Design Embassies transforms perspectives into storytelling and imaginative model installations through the house-shaped exhibition "Landscapes of the Possible," where industry pioneers consisting of designers, material producers, construction companies and nature experts showcase their research and materials for bio-based and sustainable building. that explores how ensuring negative CO2 and nitrogen levels from the process of building and renovating houses contributes to soil quality and biodiversity.

The Fé Ramakers-designed Unselfish Cabin encourages the public to reimagine the role of housing in urban ecosystems, such as water harvesting cabins that collect rainwater during heavy rains and release it during periods of drought; public waste houses that provide an organic waste receptacle and public toilets that are collected and converted into energy and compost; and animal walk-through cabins that reconnect the city's fragmented trails and increasing biodiversity.

Unselfish Cabin designed by Fé Ramakers

Avenue & Plume architecture studio previously worked as scenic designers, designing stage sets and lighting for opera, theater, film and museums, and they intelligently used their years of experience to create a stage-like concept of living in habitat with nature. For this Dutch Design Week, they presented the building Rotor Home with a unique rotating façade system that flips one façade of the wall to achieve a modular transformation. The entire eco-friendly vacation home is mounted on a 10m x 3.5m dual-axis chassis, ensuring that the facade can rotate in place, thus enabling "scene switching" between different functional areas of the house - the indoor kitchen becomes an outdoor picnic area, while the The bathroom can be turned into a natural spa. The goal is to break down the barriers between nature and life by opening up community housing.

In an age where even plastic-eating bacteria have been discovered, if we can learn to work with other creatures on the planet, we can restore local ecosystems while dealing with waste locally. Dutch Design Week gives us the opportunity to think in terms of de-anthropocentric architecture. The more we understand the wonders of nature, the more we can design with biodiversity in mind and explore new ways of accessing energy and sustainability.

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