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terracotta material research [breathing pillars]

January//2025<—>Ongoing

https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsos.170591

Micheal Pawlyn Biomimicry in Architecture

Application of Clay Materials within Architectural Design







January//2025<—>Ongoing

 






:material research into how terracotta behaves in different environments









initial experiments were to re-capture moisture—to attempt reusing/recycling the moisture evaporated from the terracotta in project:Terracoola. Multiple environments were used, the 2 significant ones were: soil and water.



 

containers[recapturing]










soil


















pollutants in water



atempting to recapture moisture evaporated after having absorbed water.




attempting to create a self sustained method of providing moisture to the terracotta structure and finding out whether terracotta can evaporate, solely the water content, from polluted liquids.




attempting to understand how water flows towards the terracotta structure.






Findings & Applications



the structure when exposed to a slurry of dirt,coffee,soil was capable of evaporating water after absorption.

the structure, when exposed to a slurry of turmeric and vegetable oils, collect the pollutants at the base.

possibilities into pollutant filtering using terracotta

controlled steady cooling[through collaboration with the soil]—implications for automated cooling with terracotta without machinery.

possibilities into recapturing moisture evaporated by structure







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