Regenera investigates new relationships between architecture and natural ecosystems through the growing capabilities of simulation tools, hyper-customizable materials, and additive manufacturing.

Regenera is designed as a tall, customizable, biodegradable structure made of nutrients, seeds and living materials with the goal of helping the recovery process of local fauna and flora after wildfires. This all structure is designed to be eroded and transport seeds and usefull substances to the surrounding environment, while offering cavities and holes as temporary shelters for small animals and birds.

The lattice structure changes material composition, shape, behaviour, and performance throughout the different sections of the object and it is entirely progammable and 3D printable on-site. The uppermost and outermost layers (composed primarily of nutrients and seeds) are thinner and more brittle, breakable and spreadable by the wind. An porous innermost layer allows lichens, mold, grass and fungi to grow, while a thick core located at the bottom of the object gives stability to the entire structure and lower cavities.

Chemists, geographers, meteorologists, engineers, and biologists are the key architects of Regenera
The notion of “skyscraper” becomes “scraped from the sky”
The act of choosing materials is evolved in the act of mixing substances

TYPE: Concept, Design research
LOCATION: Forests
YEAR: 2020
TEAM: Alberto Roncelli
AWARDS: Nominee, Prix pour l’expérimentation architecturale de Geneve, 2021 / Honourable Mention, Evolo Competition, 2020