BUILDS

BUILDS aims to fill the gap in the biotechnology sector applied to smart architecture and design by bringing intelligent living solutions for cities to the market through research, education, entrepreneurship and industry leaders cooperation.

Advances in science and technology are creating new types of biological and living materials, processes and systems which are turning a growing number of buildings and other urban artefacts into metabolic, breathing organisms. These artefacts are not just efficient and ‘do less harm’, but are actually restorative and ‘give back’ to the environment.

Resource-smart architecture can generate energy, clean water, digest waste and purify the air. The convergence of biotechnology and information technology applied to landscape and urban design may create a number of social challenges, and at the same time, it is a promising future. With that in mind, the critical question is, why are products based on intelligent living solutions not yet used to address both local and global challenges?