This book presents the results of the FARB (Fondo d’Ateneo per la Ricerca di Base) research project RELIVE, conducted within the Department of Design of Politecnico di Milano. RELIVE aimed to explore and conceptualize a framework for designing living artefacts. The objectives of the research are the conceptualization of original theory regarding livingness and the exploration of design-oriented approaches to craft living artefacts using living materials and digital technologies.
cod. 10319.34
A zero-mile system for waste water recycling and cultivation
The book aims to investigate the up-cycling of domestic effluents for plant production, bringing together a series of considerations by an interdisciplinary group of researchers from the Politecnico di Milano, Università Statale di Milano and Università di Roma Tor Vergata, ranging from biology to design through sociology and architectural composition. Integrating vegetable cultivation in the domestic environment with reusing kitchen wastewater for irrigation is a promising strategy for reducing freshwater consumption and raising environmental awareness among citizens.
cod. 11810.2.4
Ricerche e ipotesi progettuali tra architettura e natura
Attraverso l’analisi di progetti di importanti studi internazionali, il volume propone una riflessione sugli aspetti teorici e gli elementi di organizzazione generale dello spazio, che, discostandosi dalla cultura architettonica dominante, caratterizzano una nuova generazione di progettisti, prospettando nuove ipotesi di spazi architettonici e urbani per un abitare alternativo ibrido tra architettura e natura.
cod. 85.81