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An entire city in one house

This house is destined never to be completed: NEST unites a diverse array of building units to form a fully innovative test laboratory for the construction industry – and hence a constantly changing and evolving construction. What is its…

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The fuel of the future

Neon green lights: What looks like radioactive material from a distance surprises you when you examine it more closely and see what it really is: exotic algae. So what are algae from Papua New Guinea doing on a University campus in the German…

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Any shape you like, straight from the printer

Will Laufs is sure: the future lies in the printer.

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An organic take on the Big Apple

It might vaguely remind you of a designer allotment shed. Instead of discreetly nestling next to some railway track or other, the Solar RoofPod is proudly located three floors up from ground level, so the tomatoes…

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A further thought: “Do you just exist, or are you living?”

What could this famous slogan of a Swedish furniture shop have to do with the situation of the many people obliged to leave their homeland? Many of them can barely imagine a proper home in a far-off place, and end up at…

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