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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