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Breathable Surfaces

Willem de Kooning Academy
Wed 28 Feb

In collaboration with the artist Ivan Henriques, the group of scientists from the Free University of Amsterdam, WdKA art & design students and the students and faculty engineers from CEFET / RJ and COPPE / UFRJ are developing the Breathable Surfaces - Autonomous Photosynthetic Systems.

How can designers and artists working together with scientists and engineers predict an innovative future? The Breathable Surfaces - Autonomous Photosynthetic Systems that took place from February 23 to 28, in the Terreiro de Curiosidades (Museu do Amanhã), illustrates this perfectly well.

The interdisciplinary team worked on the proposal to create an autonomous photosynthetic system that could help Earth's environment and become a fundamental interface facilitating ground-formation on other planets; specifically in the exchange of gases with the environment and electricity generation, creating or helping atmosphere for terrestrial life.

This project is supported by the Consulate General of the Netherlands.

The full report about the project will soon be published in the Research section of this site.

The Museum of Tomorrow

An icon of the modernization of Rio de Janeiro’s harbor, the Museum of Tomorrow (Museu do Amanhã) was born as a science museum meant to explore, imagine, and conceive all the possibilities for constructing the future. An experimental museum, where the content is presented through a narrative combining the accuracy of science with the expressiveness of art, using technology as a support in interactive environments and audiovisual and gaming facilities created from scientific studies conducted by experts and data released all over the world.

Designed by the Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava, the building occupies an area of 15 thousand square meters, surrounded by reflecting pools, gardens, a bike lane, and a leisure area.