On the occasion of COP26 — the 26th United Nations Climate Change conference, hosted by the UK in partnership with Italy, that will take place from 31 October to 12 November 2021 in the Scottish Event Campus (SEC) in Glasgow — ecoLogicStudio, the architecture and innovation firm led by Claudia Pasquero and Marco Poletto, will present two projects related to air pollution and carbon neutrality: the Air Bubble air-purifying eco-machine and the BioFactory system.

The eco-machine is made of 99% air, water and living photosynthetic air-purifying Chlorella cultures. This new bio-digital project demonstrates how the advanced integration of biotechnology in the built environment can lead to a new generation of living, growing architectures, where beauty and efficient ecological performance are combined.

▼轴测图，Axon © ecoLogicStudio

The project encourages visitors, and especially children, to directly interact and experience the air cleaning capabilities of micro algae cultures, while immersing themselves into a bubble of freshly metabolized oxygen. The playful softness of the organic structure, akin to a gigantic bouncy jellyfish, is a direct manifestation of the biotechnology it integrates.

▼柔软透明的表皮将其所包含的生物技术直观地表现出来 © NAARO The playful softness of the organic structure is a direct manifestation of the biotechnology it integrates