[bio-Urban Design Research Cluster]

[BD]  Bio-Dune Lab

Prototype



[MS] Material System

In the ‘Bio-Dune Lab’, grains of sand in molecular scale and their 
accumulation in the shape of a dune, are the proper elements for 
harvesting specific species of bacteria that are able to solidify sand 
and turn it into sandstone, as well as bacteria that can boost the growth 
of plants in the oasis. 

[TF] Techtonic Flow 

 In order to collect and capture the sand grains, a base structure is created made out of plam trees. The base structure is built in layers every one meter. 

[AC] Actualization

After the sand has accumulate, a first injection of bacteria  is been employed as a design tool for the creation of living spaces that exploits the natural process of sand sedimentation. Harvesting bacteria areas, farming plots for plant groth bacteria tests as wells as microobial research labs and housing areas for scientists and local farmers are introduced on top and inside  the prototype.