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Rachel Armstrong: Architecture that repairs itself?

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Venice is sinking. To save it, Rachel Armstrong says we need to outgrow architecture made of inert materials and, well, make architecture that grows itself. She proposes a not-quite-alive material that does its own repairs and sequesters carbon, too.

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TED.com

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TEDTalks, TED, Talks, architecture, art, biology, design, development, life, science, sustainability, technology, TEDGlobal 2009, 2009

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