Universal mobile residential unit The Wasp Nest can be used as accommodation for one person, hotel room, office, in reduced form – as a house for animals. Units can be installed anywhere, either individually or as fantasy complexes of arbitrary size and shape.
The work for the competition of futuristic architecture Design for Biocities 2022.
Wasps build their nests, creating cells from wood, recycled by adding a secretion produced by their organism to a material similar to paper. The technology developed by insects inspired us to create our units.
The use of new scientific developments has enabled the selection of materials for the mobile cell, on the basis of which the eco-architecture of the future will be formed. The outer and inner walls of the Wasp Nest unit are made of processed wood, increased hardness, flexibility and strength of which is achieved by removing lignin. Stairs and handrails are made of the same material. Similar to wasp nests air-containing paper cells printed on a 3D printer which are located between the walls are used as thermal and sound insulation.
Outdoor panels are made by 3D printing of recycled plastic onto which moss is planted to produce oxygen. The windows are made of wood the transparency of which is achieved by removing lignin and adding polymers. They are covered with special multilayer coatings that provide electricity generation, so that the cell is energy independent.
Environmentally friendly technologies and materials, recycling of construction debris, the desire to be closer to nature – these are modern realities. Vizdome Space architectural practice develops modern designs with these requirements in mind. After all, the Earth is our home. And it requires care.
