Column21

The project explores the distinct textile tectonics and structural potential of bio-solidified composites through traditional knitting techniques with non-uniform materials. A handcrafted soft textile column is gradually transformed into a rigid structure by an active textile microbiome of Sporosarcina Pasteurii inducing a calcite matrix on fiber level. The fabrication system hereby can be understood as an architectural mediator staging an explorative multi-actor fabrication process, allowing the interdependent inputs from the digital, the microbiological as well as the human body to merge into one co-creating entity.