Art-Affect
IED Barcelona - Student: Jeroen Hoogstra
Academic year
2023
The increase in CO2 emissions and the growing urbanisation of the coasts are causing damage to marine ecosystems, such as coral bleaching. The student has designed a submersible structure that favours the regeneration of existing reefs in a bid to put an end to this degradation.
The modules are stackable and are made of foam glass, graphitised carbon and biorock — a new resistant material that improves coral growth and facilitates its expansion, thus avoiding the need to transplant them; an operation with a survival rate of only 54%.
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