How can we make our indoor climate healthier by developing new materials from living organisms? And what role can designers and architects undertake to contribute to the development of healthy indoor ‘gardens’?

On April 2, the TextileLab Amsterdam at Waag organised this online symposium in collaboration with Studio Samira Boon, based on their project with VU Amsterdam called LABS: Future Interiors.

Speakers: Samira Boon - principal of Studio Samira Boon Lorena Trebi - designer and Phd student in Design from the Department of Planning, Design and Technology of Architecture of Sapienza University of Rome Sandrine d’Haene - researcher specialized in photosynthesis Evelina Domnitch & Dmitry Gelfand - this duo creates sensory immersion environments that merge physics, chemistry and computer science with uncanny philosophical practices.

More information on speakers and this meetup: https://waag.org/nl/event/online-meetup-labs-future-interiors-meetup-1

The project LABS: Future interiors investigates the spectrum of life of living materials. It conducts research into bacteria grown textiles as a substrate for vegetation to generate diverse airborne bacteria emissions indoor while altering and directing the airflow.