living building materials; multistrain ELMs; responsive architecture; biological materials; self-healing buildings; future construction materials

Mind and Matter
Architecture Is About to Grow a Nervous System
Buildings that sense, heal, and evolve aren’t science fiction—they’re being cultivated in labs right now.
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