Biodesign conference

Our paper was presented at Biodesignconference - the 1st International Conference on Emerging Research at the Crossroads of Design, Biology, Computation, and Sustainability, at TU Delft.

Our research on SENSBIOM has just been published in Biotechnology Design by @cambridgeuniversitypress .

SENSBIOM explores how bio-based materials can become environmentally interactive - sensing conditions around us and translating them into visible or tangible responses.

Across a series of architectural prototypes, the research investigates biochemical sensing through aroma release, cell-free DNA-programmable systems, and photochromic materials that respond to ultraviolet radiation through reversible colour change.

In SENSBIOM 2.0 and 2.1, 3D-printed bioplastic lattices are combined with responsive skins to create large-scale architectural assemblies, transforming invisible environmental conditions into material signals. From a 300-module canopy presented at Milan Design Week to a 160-module responsive curtain, the project explores how sensing can move from the material scale into architecture.

The research points towards a broader idea: materials and architectural systems that don’t simply surround us, but can sense, communicate, and potentially respond to the environments they are part of.

Developed by Crafting Plastics, @dumolab Research, Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, and collaborators Shivani Chawla, Abigail Weinstei, Soňa Otiepková , Martina Bajteková, Juraj Olejár, Lukáš Gál, Victor Li, Katia Zolotovsky a Laia Mogas-Soldevila.

Read the open-access paper SENSBIOM: Biochemical Computation for Healthier Futures in Biotechnology Design.