Dealing with ethical issues by removing the use of animal leathers within the Fashion industry.
Marie Melcore is a material, textile and graphic designer. These three fields allow her to evolve in a transversal and multidisciplinary context.
By developing them through the biodesign prism, she addresses environmental issues and the relationship between living organisms and design.
Marie Melcore is a material, textile and graphic designer. These three fields allow her to evolve in a transversal and multidisciplinary context.
By developing them through the biodesign prism, she addresses environmental issues and the relationship between living organisms and design.
ALGAE BIOREACTOR
Category
Biodesign
Bioremediation | Water pollution | Algae
Carried out at
MA Biodesign
Central Saint Martins
University of the Arts London
Conducted with
Tutors
Nancy Diniz | Course Leader
MA Biodesign
Carole Collet | Professor in Design for Sustainable Futures
Alice Taylor | Lecturer of Biology and Living Systems
Shem Johnson | Grow Lab Specialist Technician
Special mention
Saul Purton | Head of the U.K. Algae Network (UCL)
Location
London — UK
Date
Feb. — March 2020
Using restorative design to clean the London Canal. Bioremediating water through phycormediation, using upcycled material.
This project was developed from a Parachlorella Kessleri strain, provided by Saul Purton, Head of the U.K. Algae Network (UCL). This strain is capable of simultaneously growing in and bioremediating contaminated environments, by digesting contamination. The resulted bioreactor has been designed to be set up on London barges to bioremediate the Regent's canal (Central London), contaminated by heavy metals.
Gin bottles, resulted from distillery solid waste, are used as bioreactor containers. In this way, this project develop a restorative design upcycling local waste, while being accessible for many barge holders due to its low cost. Moreover its modulability allows it to set it up on different supports.
Parachlorella kessleri algae strain | Magnification: 10X, 20X, 40X.
Experiments set-up | Variants: nutrients, light, temperature, algae concentration.
Algae bioreactor set-up on London barges | Regent's Canal, London.