Sea(weed) Lab - experimental production of algae based materials in Vardø harbour

By Susanne Abdulkader

The diploma seeks to investigate the dialogue between old and new. What kind of spatial qualities and architectural expressions can come out of this, and the investigation of seaweed as a source of new material.

Diploma project Architecture 2023

Project type: Diploma project
Programme: Architecture
Year: 2023

Supervisor:

Tine Hegli
Cathrine Vigander

80% of our oceans are unmapped, unobserved and unexplored. As a costal nation with over 100 000 km of coastline and over 900 000 ton on low value unused mass from the marine sector. We need materials that tread lightly on the planet and respond well to a dynamic climate - ideally doing both.

Are bio-materials such as seaweed the future?

Sea(weed) Lab is a seaweed design laboratory where seaweed is explored as a sustainable material for making by making. As a material seaweed is a sensory anchor, one can smell it, touch it, see it, hear it and even taste it (edible species).

Contact

Susanne Abdulkader / Su.abdulkader@live.no / 400 68 539

Published June 10, 2023 12:14 PM - Last modified Mar. 20, 2025 5:21 PM