eprintid: 10192380 rev_number: 7 eprint_status: archive userid: 699 dir: disk0/10/19/23/80 datestamp: 2024-06-17 12:18:46 lastmod: 2024-06-17 12:18:46 status_changed: 2024-06-17 12:18:46 type: book_section metadata_visibility: show sword_depositor: 699 creators_name: Parker, Brenda creators_name: Cruz, Marcos title: Augmented Polycultures: Scaling up Algal Ecosystems and Design of a Biofouling Aesthetic ispublished: pub divisions: UCL divisions: B04 divisions: C05 divisions: F47 keywords: microalgae, polyculture, heterogeneity, symbiosis, biofouling, bioreceptivity, bioremediation, complexity, scale-up, aesthetics note: This is an Open Access chapter published under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0) Licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/). abstract: To lay the foundations for the Biocene, a potential future era of our Anthropocene human habitat, the infrastructure of our built environment should play a more active role in carbon mitigation and reduction. Algae and cryptogrammic species will become important elements of bio-integrated “photosynthetic cities”. However, to realise this, we will need to relinquish notions of monoculture and purity associated with highly maintained and controlled cultivation. This chapter will look back at the origins of contained microalgal culture in the realms of science and engineering to understand the basis for our current design language. We assume the position that in future, consortia-based approaches with direct exposure to the outdoor environment will be required in order to deliver the vision of algae for bioremediation or microbiome-inspired green infrastructure in a resilient way. Ultimately, our photosynthetic human habitat will embody a more provocative and disobedient condition. Reconciling with the abject nature of biofouling, overcoming disgust and ultimately reaching an acceptance of the sublime will be needed in order to form ecologically relevant and environmentally meaningful interventions. The role of design will be pivotal to introduce a new aesthetic which is based on how we embrace self-regenerative conditions while promoting heterogeneity and biodiversity in buildings. date: 2024-03-11 date_type: published publisher: Brill official_url: https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004683310_013 oa_status: green full_text_type: pub language: eng primo: open primo_central: open_green verified: verified_manual elements_id: 2275798 doi: 10.1163/9789004683310_013 isbn_13: 978-90-04-68330-3 lyricists_name: Parker, Brenda lyricists_id: BMPAR74 actors_name: Parker, Brenda actors_id: BMPAR74 actors_role: owner full_text_status: public series: Critical Plant Studies volume: 8 place_of_pub: Leiden, Netherlands pagerange: 234-267 book_title: Being Algae: Transformations in Water, Plants editors_name: Hendlin, Yogi Hale editors_name: Weggelar, Johanna editors_name: Derossi, Natalia editors_name: Mugnai, Sergio citation: Parker, Brenda; Cruz, Marcos; (2024) Augmented Polycultures: Scaling up Algal Ecosystems and Design of a Biofouling Aesthetic. In: Hendlin, Yogi Hale and Weggelar, Johanna and Derossi, Natalia and Mugnai, Sergio, (eds.) Being Algae: Transformations in Water, Plants. (pp. 234-267). Brill: Leiden, Netherlands. Green open access document_url: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10192380/1/9789004683310-BP000020-2.pdf