The world's first bio-refinery built from agricultural waste
The bizarre bio-house was created by a multidisciplinary scientific team of more than 40 partners, including design firm Een TIl Een, sustainable architecture firm GXN, wood treatment company Kebony and the Danish Ministry of the Environment.
To start, GXN works with partners from the Danish livestock industry to collect bio-based materials such as grass, straw, tomatoes and seaweed, which are then combined into composite materials to maximize their strength and pressed into panels.
This biologist sits on a ground anchor system with multiple screws rather than a concrete foundation.
Kebony experts then treat the softwoods by applying heat and liquid based bio-treatment. This causes the molecules that make up the cells inside the wood material to polymerize, giving it the characteristics of tropical hardwoods along with a dark brown colour, developing a silvery grey patina after sun-drying.
The implementation of the above operation is tested and monitored within its jurisdiction by the Danish Institute of Technology, helping to create a structure that can compete in strength with other conventional houses.
What's more, the biologist sits on a system of ground anchors with multiple screws, rather than a foundation made of concrete, a material with a high carbon content.
Best of all, the house is modular in design, meaning it can be tailored to meet the client's needs, installed quickly and then disassembled without leaving any trace behind.
