more items recent Bioconstruction and Bioarchitecture

EcoBricks: recycling plastic bottles to build schools in poor countries (VIDEO)

Recycle plastic bottles to build schools in poor countries. This is the goal of the EcoBricks project, thanks to which bricks are created from the recovery of plastic bottles and other non-biodegradable materials. Recycle […]

Bioconstruction and Bioarchitecture

Green building: external thermal insulation

Thermal insulation is one of the first aspects that should not be underestimated in the construction or renovation of any type of building, especially if it is the one where we live or where we have to live. He […]

Bioconstruction and Bioarchitecture

Speck: the off-grid kiosk that guarantees portable clean energy is up for auction

a tiny house that uses the three solar panels mounted on the roof to power itself without the need for electricity. The panels provide over a kilowatt of clean energy which is stored in 24 6-volt batteries. He […]

Bioconstruction and Bioarchitecture

Bioarchitecture: Shigeru Ban's incredible cardboard cathedral

Shigeru Ban, the cardboard cathedral in New Zealand. Recycled cardboard to build massive buildings? This is not an impossible feat. We had already told you about Shigeru Ban, the Japanese architect who designs his buildings starting from materials […]

Bioconstruction and Bioarchitecture

Photovoltaic tiles: here is "Mono" by Wegalux for efficient and beautiful roofs to look at

Photovoltaic tiles are increasingly becoming the ideal solution for those who want to produce energy from their roof without sacrificing aesthetic value, sometimes also imposed due to urban planning constraints in historic or residential districts. He […]

Bioconstruction and Bioarchitecture

Tiny House: the micro-house in the rock in the Swiss Alps

A real Tiny House, a miniature house hidden in a rock. Have you ever thought of such a possibility? In this way the small house, baptized Antoine, integrates with the natural landscape. He is about […]

Bioconstruction and Bioarchitecture

Treehouse: Solling, the tree house that rises above the pond like a stilt house

Who hasn't dreamed of living in a tree house? In Germany, the dream became reality thanks to some renovations. Following the restoration of an old forester's house near the town of Ulsar, the architects of Baumraum raised the Solling tree house […]

Bioconstruction and Bioarchitecture

Eco Plus Home by Bosch, the energy self-sufficient home

An eco-sustainable house, powered only with clean energy and able to make a family of six people live comfortably and with zero impact. It is Eco Plus Home, the Bosch initiative which, taking advantage of the new systems and the most technologically […]

Bioconstruction and Bioarchitecture

Vertical Gardens: Patrick Blanc's latest masterpiece in Paris

Vertical gardens. Patrick Blanc, the inventor of vertical gardens, has created a new masterpiece. On the occasion of the Design Week which will take place in Paris from 9 to 10 September 2013, it will be possible to admire his new creation, which […]

Bioconstruction and Bioarchitecture

Tiny house: the old school bus transformed into a studio apartment (PHOTO)

Have you ever thought about living in a school bus? An American mother dreamed of her own home, but her budget was too limited to allow her to make a purchase: so she decided to create a Tiny House, a miniature house, transforming an old disused […]

Bioconstruction and Bioarchitecture

Earth Houses: the "Hobbits houses" built in perfect harmony with nature

What are the Earth Houses? These are partially underground constructions commonly called "earth houses", but more technically referred to as "contemporary underground houses". Their concrete structure is inserted into the ground, so that it can […]

Bioconstruction and Bioarchitecture

Casa Solare: the zero-emission residential complex that cancels bills

Electricity produced by photovoltaics, heating and cooling obtained from geothermal, radiant floor systems, charging columns for electric cars. So no gas bill and the electricity bill canceled thanks to the Energy Bill. These are just some of […]

Bioconstruction and Bioarchitecture

The gypsy house in the middle of the woods built with recycled materials

Frodo would be happy to call it home. It is a fascinating wagon in a somewhat hobbit style, a little gypsy, housed in the middle of a forest and made with a lot of ingenuity, a lot of elbow grease and, above all, all recycled materials. Inside […]

Bioconstruction and Bioarchitecture

In Holland the house open to all made with recycled doors and windows

Old doors and windows, what to do with them? Nothing. Wrong. It is in fact possible to use the fixtures used to build a house. A building produced with recycled materials is not a utopia but the fruit of the work and imagination of the French […]

Bioconstruction and Bioarchitecture

Space Bubble: the inflatable bubble house 7 meters high

It's called Space Bubble, literally bubble house. It is an inflatable glass construction with very small dimensions, but which allows you to have a very particular perspective of the environment that surrounds it. Its creator is Alex Schweder He […]

Bioconstruction and Bioarchitecture

Straw bale homes: the 10 best straw bale homes in the world

There are many benefits of straw houses, a green building technique that is being perfected and spreading more and more especially in Great Britain and the States: in addition to being eco-friendly, straw houses have the advantage of being unique, […]

Bioconstruction and Bioarchitecture

The Indian startup that produces anti-smog tiles made of "pollution"

Indian architect extracts CO2 from the air and combines it with a mixture of powdered marble chips to create designer tiles. He is about to end up run over, his mother saves him In […]

Bioconstruction and Bioarchitecture

Notre-Dame fire: presented the green project to transform the roof into a large greenhouse

A collective of French architects presented a green restoration project for the cathedral's roof He is about to end up run over, his mother saves him What […]

Bioconstruction and Bioarchitecture

Sleeping like birds: Jason Fann's tree nests

Nests for humans. These are the ones created by the artist Jayson Fann, in which you can experience what it feels like to sleep like birds. Made only and strictly with in branches carefully harvested from the trees of local woods and forests to […]

Bioconstruction and Bioarchitecture

The 3D printed house that can be built in less than three hours: dream or reality?

Who wouldn't want a home that was sustainable, affordable and furnished with all comforts at the same time? What if it was also built within a few hours, in order to minimize the environmental impact of a construction site? It seems like a dream, […]

Bioconstruction and Bioarchitecture

The first eco-smart city based on the Maya world and completely sustainable

The first forest city in the world is inspired by the Maya: Smart Forest Cancun will be completely sustainable, from an energy and resource point of view, with an eye to culture and research. Utopia? No, a project by Stefano Boeri, an architect […]

Bioconstruction and Bioarchitecture

The "enchanted house" built by an old earthquake victim with plastic bottles (PHOTO and VIDEO)

Mariá Ponce is 78 years old and lives in an enchanted house. She built it ingeniously with her own hands, using only plastic bottles and a few other recycled materials. The structure is so original that it has become an oasis of peace, hope and […]

Bioconstruction and Bioarchitecture

Tiny Home Project: we take you inside the micro house of Ikea

It's called Tiny Home Project and it's an Ikea micro-house built in collaboration with Vox Creative and American RV He is about to end up run over, his mother saves him It […]

Bioconstruction and Bioarchitecture

Te Mirumiru: the earth house with a green roof between modern design and Maori tradition

A perfectly successful marriage between a modern and sustainable design and the ancient and fascinating Maori tradition, the Polynesian population that lives mainly on the North Island of New Zealand. This is how the architects of the Collingridge […]

Bioconstruction and Bioarchitecture

Tiny House: the minimal apartment with a single L-shaped wall

Bright Tiny Houses: taking into consideration the exposure of the house on two sides, the architects created a small open-space which they then divided using an L-shaped wooden wing He is about to […]

Bioconstruction and Bioarchitecture

Sun Bird Park: the playground with nests and wooden slides that mimics nature

A playground that imitates nature thanks to real wooden nests. The nests form fun paths or have slides inside them. Tree Birds Workshop is located in Colorado, in the town of Vail. The structures serve to complete a space dedicated to children […]

Bioconstruction and Bioarchitecture

Sustainable construction: to have a green thermal insulation the secret is in the nanocellulose

Thermal insulation and green building: from nanocellulose, graphene oxide and sepiolite nanoparticles an environmentally friendly material is born, with insulating and fireproof properties He is about […]