3D-printed artificial seawalls, called BioShelters, have been developed by a team of computational designers from ADA’s School of Built Environment to help re-establish oyster populations around Sydney Harbour. The BioShelters were recently installed at the new Sydney Fish Market on Blackwattle Bay, an area where natural marine habitats have been lost due to urban development. “Just as there is a housing crisis in Sydney for humans, there is one for sea creatures like oysters,” says Professor M. Hank Haeusler, Director of Arch_Manu [ARC Centre for Next-Gen Architectural Manufacturing] at UNSW, who leads the project. “What this project aims to do is create new artificial habitats that are as close to nature as possible.” Read more: https://lnkd.in/gemsfi_J
3D-printed seawalls help restore oyster habitats in Sydney
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