Bio 4 Architecture- Urban Angiogenesis Installation

The installation represents the potential for an interdisciplinary dialog between architecture and biology. It deals with the common denominator between normal and pathological processes of angiogenesis and processes of densification in both the building system and the urban context. The installation suggests that we learn from the scientific ability to use the traits of the pathological system for identifying unhealthy tissues and enabling targeted healing.

The installation consists of two 'towers' measuring four and seven feet high, constructed from acrylic sheet. Red liquid flows continually through a series of Polyurethane conduits, intertwining within the two towers, demonstrating a healthy level of habitation. Simultaneously two other systems are working alternately: one showing the healing process of a diseases area in the structure, and the other emphasizing the collapse of an untreated area. The structures allude to the built and unbuilt urban fabric, the shade of the fluid is the identification and treatment of diseased areas due to unattended changes in population overcrowding.