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Architecture in Aqueous Flux: The CaCO3 Depositional House
Author(s) -
Eagle James
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
architectural design
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.128
H-Index - 22
eISSN - 1554-2769
pISSN - 0003-8504
DOI - 10.1002/ad.2286
Subject(s) - greenwich , architecture , sedimentary depositional environment , eagle , process (computing) , archaeology , architectural engineering , art history , engineering , computer science , history , geology , paleontology , operating system , structural basin , soil science
A petrifying well in northern England inspired architect James Eagle to explore how crystallisation could be applied to architecture. Begun as his fifth‐year MArch thesis at the University of Greenwich, London, and further developed thereafter, his proposals for the CaCO3 Depositional House use porous templates and cybernetics to guide the formation of calcium carbonate deposits into fantastical yet functional structures, from windows to sanitary facilities. He describes the process, the project, the prototype, and its implications for architecture's future.