Living Assembly: Building with Biology

Martyn Dade-Robertson; Richard Becket; Thora Arnardottir; Dilan Ozkan; Emily Birch; Aileen Hoenerloh; Liv Tsim; Katie Gilmour; Melissa Poma; Paul James; Sean Nair; Arely Leyton  Dominguez; Hangchuan Wei; Will Scott; Christopher Whiteside; Meng Zhang

Living Assembly: Building with Biology

Martyn Dade-Robertson^* (Designer), Richard Becket^* (Designer), Thora Arnardottir (Designer), Dilan Ozkan (Designer), Emily Birch (Designer), Aileen Hoenerloh (Designer), Liv Tsim (Producer), Katie Gilmour (Producer), Melissa Poma (Producer), Paul James (Other), Sean Nair (Producer), Arely Leyton Dominguez (Producer), Hangchuan Wei (Designer), Will Scott (Producer), Christopher Whiteside (Producer), Meng Zhang^* (Developer)

^*Corresponding author for this work

Research output: Non-textual form › Exhibition

Abstract

Living Assembly: Building with Biology’ is a collaboration between Northumbria University (Living Construction) and University College London (Beckett Lab), exploring a future built environment that is grown rather than constructed. The materials featured in the installation represent the cutting edge of biological construction technologies, produced by microbes and fungi, and reflect both the near and distant futures of biology as a building technology.

Original language	English
Publication status	Published - 2025
Event	London Design Biennale: Surface Reflections - Somerset House, London, United Kingdom Duration: 5 Jun 2025 → … https://londondesignbiennale.com/

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2 Exhibition

Complex Pringles: Microbially sculpted mineral forms
Arnardottir, T. & Gonzalez, L., Jun 2025
Research output: Non-textual form › Exhibition
Living Manufacture: Engineered Living Fabrication (ELF) for Next-Gen Biomaterials
Dade-Robertson, M. (Designer), Arnardottir, T. (Designer), Gilmour, K. (Other), Zhang, M. (Other) & Tsim, L. (Designer), 6 Nov 2024
Research output: Non-textual form › Exhibition

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Complex Pringles: Microbially sculpted mineral forms

Living Manufacture: Engineered Living Fabrication (ELF) for Next-Gen Biomaterials

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