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Nature Building Project

Build it yourself

The Nature Building Project offers an interactive and experiential way to get people of all ages, backgrounds, education levels and worlds to think and act in building a greener world for everyone.

The Nature Building Project consists of workshops, lectures, exhibitions, research sessions, videos, stories, central meetings and various beautiful, interactive installations called the Natural Building Kits.

www.naturebuildingproject.com

Bioplastic roof shingles / Bioplastic facade shingles

Made of pbs/pla/pha/pbsa PLA stands for polylactic acid or polylactide. Polylactic acid or polylactide is the name for therm

Binderless board from coconut husk

Facade covering Particle boards are traditionally manufactured through processes that consume extensive amounts of

Wall panel made of reed

reed plate material bound with partially biobased glue Wageningen University & Research has developed a more sustainably alternative for board materia

Insulation panel made of foamed PLA

PLA stands for polylactic acid or polylactide. Polylactic acid or polylactide is the name for therm

Interior textile made of hemp and flax bastfibre

composed of various textile made up of bast fibre (hemp/flax): woven linen, knitted and woven hemp

Recyclable composite panel

Glass fibre composite with reversible and recyclable resin Within the Cityloops project, Wageningen University & Research has, together with the municipal

Interior panel

biofibre paper panel made of 20% grass, 40% cotton, 40% wood fibre Within the Cityloops project, Wageningen University & Research and the municipality of Apeldoor

85% biobased furniture panel

50% replacement of phenol formaldehyde binder by lignin Many high-quality furniture panels are currently made of wood fibres in combination with phenol-bas

Biobased foil made of starch based plastic

Starch is a polymer of natural origin. Commercial sources of starch include corn, wheat, rice, and

Biodegradable grass sod net

made of biobased and biodegradable plastic Turf producers use underground nets to support grass growth. Removing the nets from fully grown tur

Biobased asphalt

fully biobased binder for asphalt Together with market parties, Wageningen University & Research studies the opportunities for su

mycelium grown on wheat straw substrate

Dit myceliumpaneel laat zien hoe organische reststromen zoals zaagsel, stro-producten, hennepscheven

Pressed cork board

Wageningen University & Research conducts studies into biobased alternatives for resins, among

Interior panel Made of jeans fibre

Wageningen University & Research has carried out a lot of research into alternative feedstocks

Floor panel Mycelium grown on beech sawdust substrate

This mycelium panel shows how organic residual flows such as sawdust, straw products, hemp shives a

Biobased isolatie strengen

gemaakt van geschuimd PBS Foam Bio-PBS (en co-polyester PBSA) is biobased en composteerbaar en wordt gemaakt van bio-barnsteenzuur

Biobased elastische gietvloer

gemaakt van twee componenten 50% biobased hars Deze hars bestaat uit twee reactieve componenten (A + B) die na mengen uitharden tot een rubberachti

Flaxboard

Linex Linex Pro Grass in Koewacht, the Netherlands, is the only factory in the world that produces 100% s

PineSkin

Studio Sarmite Designer Sarmite Polakova uses pine bark to make a versatile leather-like material which she calls

Japanese knotweed material

Why Knot Design The Japanese Knotweed is an invasive species that causes a major problem in theNetherlands. It spre

BioM

VanHier VanHier converts natural residual flows and fast growing crops into a thin, thermoformable & be

Tomatoleather

Treekind- Biophilica BIOPHILICA TRANSFORMS GREEN WASTE INTO A PLANT-BASED LEATHER ALTERNATIVE THAT IS COMPOSTABLE,

Bas Froon

Studio Bas Froon Craftsmanship, digital production and circular design meet in this acoustic interior panel. Designe

Balancing landscapes

Klarenbeek & Dros Klarenbeek & Dros made this landscape of modular elements, 3D printed with Algae Biopolymers fr

Western Red shingles roof and wall + Inland Larch decking with Staatsbosbeheer

Gras Wood Wide Wood is the only renewable raw material that is not only cheap to process, but also stores and reta

Soof

FABRIKOOS / ANNE SOPHIE WOUTERS Design agency Fabrikoos makes circular furniture for healthy and attractive working environments. T

Eggshell ceramic

ATELIER LVDW The Netherlands is the biggest egg producer in the world, at 10 billion a year. An egg provides val

CIRCULAR MATTERS BLACK REED & CIRCULAR MATTERS RED REED

Circular Matters The Circular Matters Panel is 100% bio-circular. This means that the material can be made entirely

Organoid Kornbluama

Organoid / Campo interior & advice Natural design is becoming increasingly important. Organoid brings nature into a building in an eas

Forest of the future

Pro Suber® Pro Suber® (freely translated from Latin; for cork) informs about the use of 100% biobased expande

Nabasco® 8010

NPSP BV This hard material consists of various residual flows: reed fibers from nature reserves and from th

Totomoxtle

Fernando Laposse Totomoxtle is a new veneer material made with husks of heirloom Mexican corn , Totomoxtle focuses o

Combind Paprika

Rik Makes Due to the enormous amount of residual flows from the greenhouses, it is possible to convert a larg

No Waste Floor

Herso circular woodworkers The floor is made from 100% waste wood, which is why Herso is the first to obtain the FSC 100% recy

Biolaminate

HuisVeendam HuisVeendam develops products based on natural local fibers and starch. A main ingredient is cattai

Cork green roof

Earth Kweek/ Dakdorpen The Green Roof developed for 'The Exploded View' is built of 100% natural modules based on expanded

Printed building elements from the water treatment plant

Omlab In The Netherlands, 180.000 tons of toilet paper is flushed on a yearly basis and burned as waste.

BioLaminate with roadside grass

HuisVeendam by Tjeerd Veenhoven / Bio Laminaat HuisVeendam preserves the aesthetic qualities of natural products that surround us in an ecological

Poplar multiplex

ECOPLEX The poplar is a relatively fast-growing tree that grows close to home. By growing these trees along

Mudernism

Studio Billie van Katwijk The most important residual material that remains after the purification of our waste water is sewa

Pressed seaweed tiles

BlueBlocks, Blue City / Sea-Wood MaterialsSeaweed is a fast growing crop that does not require fresh water, land, fertilizers or pest

Textile of kombucha with moss

Studio Samira Boon in collaboration with Biophysics of Photosynthesis Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam For this new substance, named KOMBUTEX, only very universal ingredients are needed: tea, sugar, sco

Bacteria grown colored shower curtain

Living Colour by Kukka & Studio Ilfa Siebenhaar Living Colour is an innovative dyeing method with living organisms. The bacteria grow on the textil

BioLaminate with roadside grass

HuisVeendam by Tjeerd Veenhoven / Bio Laminaat HuisVeendam preserves the aesthetic qualities of natural products that surround us in an ecological

Cork wall

PuurKurk / Muratto The material can be pigmented and sculpted into smooth, coarse or geometric designs.

Poplar multiplex

Ecoplex The wood can be harvested every 10 to 15 years without affecting the forests.

BioLaminate from coarsely grounded mussels

HuisVeendam by Tjeerd Veenhoven / BioLaminaat The mussels are selected, coarsely ground, mixed with potato starch, glued and pressed.

Resilient mycelium flooring

Mogu Srl bio-based resilient tiles for interior design and architecture.

Fungal coating

Xyhlo Biofinish A coating that can repair itself.

Fruitleather

Fruitleather Rotterdam This leather-like material is made out of the pulp of discarded mangoes

Kombucha leather

Diana Penciu / SCOBY ‘Leather’ A mixture of water, tea, sugar, yeast and a bacterial culture.

Eggshell tiles

Basse Stittgen The eggshells fuse as the albumin in the eggwhite binds when subjected to heat and pressure.