Rachel Armstrong: Architecture that repairs itself?

Here is an interesting video, Venice, Italy is sinking. To save it, Rachel Armstrong says we need to outgrow architecture made of inert materials and, well, make architecture that grows itself.

All building today have something in common, they are made with Victorian technology, this involves industrial, manufacturing, blueprint, all involve team of worker. This is not sustainable! – Rachel Armstrong

How long it would take to produce a foot of limestone? According to Wikipedia, the process that produces limestone today is called chemical precipitation, and it is a very slow process. Based on scientific measurement, they’ve indicated that it took thousands of years to make a foot of limestone in quiet areas of today’s seas.

Assuming the new method may accelerate the formation of limestone, how much faster can it be? 100 years?

If we wait for a perfect system, nothing can be done – you adopt the best system and improve it as you go along” – Mahathir Mohammad (Malaysia’s Ex-Crime Minister)

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