James & Mau
aros: Wo House / SO Architecture
Design is thinking made visible.
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Carl Turner Architects
Could A Sustainable Source of Energy Be Right Beneath Our Feet? The idea began over a decade ago when The Facility came up with a method of dampening the noisy rattle of parts of London’s aging railways, while harnessing the energy that created the noise to generate electricity. The initial idea eventually spawned a floor which can produce energy from the daily stamping of pedestrians. They explored a few different paths, including embedding a series of tiny tubes beneath a rubbery floor, similar to that in a children’s playground. When walked over, liquid in the tubes would shift and be forced through turbines, which would then generate the power. Although the juice harvested from this system would be relatively small, in areas of high foot-traffic like subway stations it could be used to power low-energy devices like displays, ticket machines and turnstiles.
Del Campo – Labbe