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BETÃO ORGÂNICO, by Lisbon-based architects and designers e-studio, is an organic concrete developed to conciliate the vegetable and the inorganic in a single element.
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Exploiting concrete’s capacity to retain humidity, the material functions as a battery in which the water is released during dry periods. Applied as a surface, organic concrete makes it possible to obtain permeable living surfaces, offering a natural component for public urban spaces.

The work will be shown at experimenta design, Lisbon, Sep 16 - Oct 30.
More concrete: self-scrubbing buildings, bendable concrete, carbon-eating cement, communicating concrete, light-transmitting concrete.

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