Diller Scofidio + Renfro (DS+R) is the first American firm to partner with biotech startup Pneuma Bio on a new product line of carbon-sequestering materials made from microorganisms such as algae that can be used in commercial architecture and residential buildings. Their OXYA product line was born out of years of materials research that began at North Carolina State University and continues through a collaboration between the University of Sheffield and the VTT Technical Research Centre in Finland.
A press release states: "Over the next 15 months, the company will cover 15 buildings with OXYA through partnerships with DS+R, hotel chains, and paint manufacturers. Across these building spaces, the materials are proving quite versatile and are being used to cover walls (as liquid wallpaper or paint), windows, fabric for covering furniture, light fixtures & chandeliers, among other things."
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<cynical snark incoming>
Gonna take a lot of algae paint to make up for the carbon output of demolishing the entire Folk Art Museum building but I guess every bit helps?
(No snark intended towards the product makers at OXYA.)
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