Cement that can generate light? Concrete for building on Mars? Translucent wood? Biodegradable furniture? Pollution absorbing bricks? At first, it sounds crazy but these are only some of the research projects taking place around the world in order to take the construction industry to the next level.
Continue reading below for more information about the motivations behind these projects and how these "experiments" that have already begun large-scale testing are being carried out.
Translucent wood, as new material developed by KTH: A group of researchers from KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, has recently developed Optically Transparent Wood (TW), a new material that could greatly impact the way we create architectural projects. According to an article published in Biomacromolecules, the journal from the American Chemical Society, it is a process that chemically removes lignin from wood, causing it to become very white. The resulting porous substrate is impregnated with a transparent polymer, evening out both of their optical properties.
