The authors will present the book on 8th November 2014 at 5PM at the headquarter Ca’Giustinian of the Biennale in Venice.

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The Algae House”, a new book on the world’s first building equipped with an algae bioreactor façade, is to be launched on 8th November at the 14th Venice International Architecture Biennale. 

The book has been developed by Edith Hemmrich, Mark Blaschitz and Jan Wurm, all of whom played key roles in the creation of the BIQ House and its algae façade.

Together with three other "Smart Material Houses", the prototypical building by SPLITTERWERK and Arup forms part of the International Building Exhibition 2013 in Hamburg. Microalgae are cultivated in glass photo bioreactors to generate energy and, at the same time, control the light and shade into the building.

With its innovative floor plan typologies "Hamburg Apartment" and "Milan Apartment", this "Case Study House" presents contemporary refinements of Frank Lloyd Wright's "open plan", Adolf Loos's "Raumplan", and Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky´s "Frankfurt Kitchen".The publication features recent essays, an initial summary and detailed plans and visuals from the first hand-drawn sketches, floor plans and cross-sections. There is also a photo essay of the project by the Austrian architectural photographer Paul Ott.

"The Algae House" book is now available.

About the book presentation

The authors Edith Hemmrich, Mark Blaschitz and Jan Wurm will present the book THE ALGAE HOUSE on 8th November 2014 at 5 pm at the headquarter Ca’Giustinian of the Biennale in Venice. Address: San Marco 1364/A, 30124 Venice

About the book

Paperback: 96 pages
Publisher: Niggli Verlag
ISBN 978-3-7212-0907-5
Language: English, German
22.50 Euro
Reviewer’s copy from [email protected]

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