Cultivated Building Materials : Industrialized Natural Resources for Architecture and Construction /

NEXT GENERATION BUILDING MATERIALS The 21st century faces a radical change in how we produce construction materials - a shift towards cultivating, breeding, raising, farming, or growing future resources. This book presents innovative industrialized production methods for cultivated building material...

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Main Authors: Hebel, Dirk E. (Author), Heisel, Felix (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Basel : Birkhäuser, [2017]
©2017
Subjects:
Building materials.
Composite-reinforced concrete.
Natural resources.
Reinforced concrete.
prírodný stavebný materiál
elektronické dokumenty
ISBN:9783035608922
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Introduction: Cultivated Building Materials
  • Production Back to The City
  • The Ape of Materials
  • The Industrialization of Timber - A Case Study
  • Standardization of a Natural Resource
  • Introduction
  • Constructing with Engineered Bamboo
  • Upscaling The Bamboo Industry
  • The Ecological Impact of Industrially Cultivated Bamboo
  • Engineered Bamboo Products - A Sustainable Choice?
  • Soil-Dependent Products. Agriculture
  • Wood Foam
  • Biopolymers: Cement Replacement
  • Biopolymers and Biocomposites Based on Agricultural Residues
  • Lignin-based Carbon Fibres
  • Nutrient-Dependent, Soil-Independent Products. Biotechnology
  • Fungal Mycelium Bio-Materials
  • Limestone-producing Bacteria: Self-healing Concrete
  • Microbially Induced Calcium Carbonate: Multilayer/Multimaterial Coatings on Non-conductive Materials
  • Bio-Inspired Products. Biomimicry
  • Replicating Natural Design Strategies In Bio-Inspired Composites
  • Living Architecture (Liar): Metabolically Engineered Building Units
  • About the Authors and Contributors
  • Acknowledgments
  • Illustration Credits
  • Index of Persons, Firms, and Institutions
  • Index of Projects, Buildings, and Places

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