June 2, 2020

Biodesign Challenge Finalists

The Biodesign Challenge seminar has just finished its first time running in the Hub for Biotechnology in the Built Environment. Two teams were able to present […]
June 24, 2020

Student Team Culina Awarded at BDC 2020

Culina is an HBBE project developed as part of the BioDesign Challenge seminar in 2020.Students:  Adrienne Dy, Dawoon Jeong, Emma Riley & Pippa McLeod-Brown  Tutors/instructors: Ben Bridgens, Dr Gregory […]
July 30, 2020

The OME

The OME will be an experimental house built in the heart of the Newcastle University campus, due for completion in Spring 2021. The OME will be […]
July 31, 2020

Alive: rhythmic buildings

In nature, most organisms have inherent rhythmic cycles such as the circadian rhythm which reacts to changes in temperatures and daylight. These reactions allow the organism […]
September 19, 2020

Bio-Digital Fabrication with Bacterial Cellulose

Nature has been constantly optimising its own fabrication methods to reduce the volume of material needed and simultaneously optimise the function. Those two aspects also play […]
October 22, 2020

Catalytic Encounters Project at ACADIA 2020

The Catalytic Encounters project will be presented at ACADIA 2020 (Association for Computer Aided Design in Architecture) Distributed Proximities conference. The paper will be presented in the […]
October 22, 2020

Fibre highways for microbial travel

Research into the way microbes move within our living spaces and interact with materials and textiles within our homes is essential, given the current Covid-19 pandemic […]