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HySSil

HySSil is a revolutionary aerated cementitious (cement-based) product that is as strong as normal concrete but is only half as heavy. It provides up to five times the thermal insulation of concrete and is also impact and fire resistant. Significant savings are achieved because the CSIRO HySSIL technology uses readily available raw materials in smaller quantities, and through the low-cost and low-energy technology developed by CSIRO.  Unlike certain processes used to manufacture aerated products, HySSIL production does not require expensive curing equipment.

Cielos

Conventional luminous ceilings actually use relatively little lighting technology. They rely exclusively on a maximum clearance between lamp and diffuser - typically 300 to 700 mm - in order to produce uniform illumination, and rarely offer many color options. Cielos is a multi-colored luminous ceiling system comprised by the lowest-profile, wide-area luminaires available.

Unit 20

Unit 20 at UCL seems to inspire refreshingly unorthodox thinking. Graduate James Foster's "Inhabitable Growthscape," is a "series of incubators" which he constructed from vacuum-formed perspex and electronic circuitry.

The system's larger architectural applications are pictured above: it's part boatyard, part aeroponic farm for the cultivation of "disease free cloned plants."