Exhibition: application of alginate in architecture ALG.A

Experimental approach to locally available sustainable materials

Opening: June 18th 2021, 20:00
When: June 19th – Juli 3rd 2021, Monday – Friday, 17:00 – 21:00
Where: DAI SAI, Društvo Arhitekata Istre, Smareglina ulica 1, Pula/Croatia

Authors: Ivan Marjanović, Elizabeta Šamec und Milena Stavrić

Alginate has an unrevealed potential in architecture, unlike the already commercially used microalgaes. It is found in the cell walls of brown algae, which are widely spread in Croatia’s coastal area.

This elastic material extracted from algaes and combined with certain additives can be easily shaped and permanently maintain the desired shape. Depending on the used additives, material properties change, enabling the formation of different elements. The obtained geometries range from linear filaments to membranes and shells.