Authors: Femke de Kock, Amanda Schepers, Roel Sipkema
Re-Plex Living Lab: A bio-composite in ecosystem restoration
MADE Student Project
A Living Lab project executed as part of the MADE Master at AMS Institute. The project revolved around the bio-composite Re-Plex, which is a 100% waste-based material that is still in the early stages of development. The goal for the Living Lab was to test the rate of biodegradation of the material and find suitable applications for it, with the intent of upscaling production. The project ended up creating a prototype for a structure that would aid in ecosystem restoration, by supporting young individuals of species when they are vulnerable until they reach adulthood, at which point the structure would degrade and the ecosystem would thrive again without human intermingeling.
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