Living Bricks LIAR Living Architecture

“Living Bricks” could turn sunlight and waste water into energy-generating bioreactor walls

10/27/2016

Living Bricks LIAR Living Architecture

Every once in a while a new innovation comes along that has the potential to forever alter the course of <a href="http://inhabitat.com/tag/architecture/" target="_blank">architecture</a>, and these extraordinary Living Bricks may be among them. The <a href="http://www.ncl.ac.uk/press/news/2016/07/liarlivingarchitecture/" target="_blank">Living Architecture (LIAR) project</a> is developing building blocks that convert resources from sunlight, waste water and air into <a href="http://inhabitat.com/tag/clean-energy/" target="_blank">clean energy</a>. Further down the line, these blocks could form "bioreactor walls" that generate the energy required to power whole structures.

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Living Bricks LIAR Living Architecture

At present, the bricks are capable of producing sufficient electricity to light an LED.

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Living Bricks LIAR Living Architecture

Living Bricks use microbial fuel cell technology to generate clean energy.

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Living Bricks LIAR Living Architecture

Different materials are being tested to optimize aesthetics and energy performance.

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Living Bricks LIAR Living Architecture

LIAR turns organic sources such as pond slime into clean energy.

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Every once in a while a new innovation comes along that has the potential to forever alter the course of architecture, and these extraordinary Living Bricks may be among them. The Living Architecture (LIAR) project is developing building blocks that convert resources from sunlight, waste water and air into clean energy. Further down the line, these blocks could form "bioreactor walls" that generate the energy required to power whole structures.

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