Architectural Bio-Photo Reactors: Harvesting Microalgae on the Surface of Architecture - Biotechnologies and Biomimetics for Civil Engineering - page 167

Fig. 7.6 A-PhBR integrated
on building surfaces and
louvers (Design by R.
Cervera and J. Pioz)
1. In the case of architectural surfaces (Fig. 7.6 ):
a. A-PhBR over building facades: They are developing from the model of
closed circuits photo-bioreactors and always from materials that allow the
passage of light: glass, metacrylate and various plastics, ETFE, etc.; over
the assumptions of standard construction.
b. A-PhBR forming the facade by themselves. In this case we refer to curtain
wall facades and glass bricks facades.
c. A-PhBR that overlap existing facades. Can be conceived as circuits attached
to opaque walls, as if it were an outer layer of the facade, or as circuits and
louvers on glazed exterior walls.
d. A-PhBR on building roofs: In this case the photo-bioreactor system in an
open pool.
2. In the case of urban scenario (Figs. 7.7 and 7.8 ):
a. As urban pavements, semi-closed circuit type, allowing people walking and
at the same time cultivating microalgae.
b. As ponds and fountains.