Looking Outwards – 3

Neri Oxman and MIT developed a collection of Programmable Water-Based Biocomposites for Digital Design and Fabrication across Scales called Aguahoja. This is a project that explored how natural materials that have been put to waste by humans can be digitally designed and computationally fabricated by 3D printers or other robots. Through this project, Oxman and her team hoped to develop a solution to the vicious cycle of material extraction and obsolescence through the creation of biopolymer composites.
This collection is digitally designed and computationally fabricated by 3D printers or other robots made with available materials on earth- materials within trees, insect exoskeletons , apples, and bones- in hopes of avoiding depleting more of Earth’s materials.
https://www.media.mit.edu/projects/aguahoja/overview/

I admire this project for its mindfulness towards the environment and the effort and dedication that has been put into creating each piece and subpart in order to think of a more sustainable tomorrow