{"id":31,"date":"2020-11-08T12:36:05","date_gmt":"2020-11-08T09:36:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.alivetextiles.com\/?post_type=timeline&p=31"},"modified":"2021-03-23T13:54:06","modified_gmt":"2021-03-23T10:54:06","slug":"labs-future-interiors-meetup-1","status":"publish","type":"timeline","link":"https:\/\/www.alivetextiles.com\/timeline\/labs-future-interiors-meetup-1\/","title":{"rendered":"LABS: Future Interiors Meetup #1"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The project LABS: Future interiors<\/a> by Studio Samira Boon, the HybridFormsLab<\/a> by Raoul Frese \/ Biophysics of Photosynthesis VU Amsterdam<\/a> and Waag Society<\/a>, investigates the spectrum of life of living materials. It conducts research into bacteria grown textiles as a substrate for vegetation to generate diverse airborne bacteria emissions indoor while altering and directing the airflow.<\/p>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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\u2018Microbiology of the built environment\u2019 approaches architecture as a metabolic micro-ecology, rather than a static structure. It reveals a complex synergy between users and architectural elements, both visible and invisible. Invisible architecture is constructed of ubiquitous air inhabitants \u2013 known as airborne bacterial community. It has a major impact on interior characteristics defining air quality. As we spend at least 90% of our time within built environments, the quality of its microbial life defines the quality of our life.<\/p>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Proper cultivation of microbial gardens, disrupted by artificial boundaries, could have a major potential to improve our human \u2018urban indoor species\u2019 health and wellbeing. Vegetation composition and structure according to observations play a major role in shaping indoor aerobiome. However, due to the lack of data, evidence-based guidelines for vegetation management for optimal benefits and design strategies need yet to be explored in a systematic way.<\/p>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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During this first meetup on 2 April 2020, we start a constructive conversation with different parties who have been or are working on similar topics and create a space to reflect on key points such as:<\/p>\n\n\n\n