The winner of Incheon International Design Award which was organized by designboom in collaboration with Incheon metropolitan city has created road pavement made from sand and microbes. The microbes are used to alter the properties of loose sand and turn it into a stabilized sandstone. The result is a pavement material that is greener and, quoting the designer's own words "mitigating the harmful effect of asphalt."
All the materials and pictures are taken from designboom site.
1 comments:
U-huh... Microbes on the road are, indeed, a bio-technological breakthrough. I can't believe they can meld onto the asphalt and be a part of a "living road."
Megan Payne
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