Crazy Spike Covered Algae Powered Skyscraper Filters Polluted City Air
Posted By Yuka Yoneda On June 28, 2010 @ 10:45 am In Air quality,Architecture | 2 Comments
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The ‘City Respiration Skyscraper [5]’ might look malicious with its spiky exterior, but its intentions are 100% benevolent. Designed by Czech architects Pavlína Doležalová and Jan Smékal, the spiraling tower is a 240 meter-high structure covered by air-cleaning algae [6]. The designers envision that a network of these prickly scrapers could be strategically placed in the most polluted areas of a city to have its air cleaned in just a couple of weeks.
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The building’s outer cellular structure is comprised of a cluster of spiky concrete units inspired by sea sponges. This tower itself works as a chimney where polluted air can be gathered, filtered and oxygenated by the algae [8] and a specialized water-sprayed system. We’ve seen other types of purifying skyscrapers [9], and the idea of having an office building or other structure do double duty as filters seems very promising.
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[5] City Respiration Skyscraper: http://www.evolo.us/architecture/algae-powered-skyscraper-filters-air-in-polluted-cities/
[6] air-cleaning algae: http://inhabitat.com/2010/06/08/algae-powered-latro-lamp-transforms-co2-into-light/
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[8] algae: http://inhabitat.com/2010/06/04/eads-develops-first-algae-fuel-powered-aircraft/
[9] purifying skyscrapers: http://inhabitat.com/2010/03/08/water-purification-skyscraper-purifies-jakarta-rivers/
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