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Grateful to see my graduate project featured in @dezeen

Check out the link in bio ✨
Thank you @rimasabina for telling the story! by @audrey.c.levy

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Hot days like today in London were one of the inspirations for my thesis on alternative bio-based refrigeration methods.

Refrigeration technology is responsible for 8% of global emissions (that is 3X the aviation industry). Refrigerants used in older models trap heat in the atmosphere up to 2,400X more than CO2. So the way we make cold actually makes the Earth hotter.

Xero Cool proposes a system insulated with bacterial cellulose xerogel and wool (rather than plastic foams), cooled by solar thermal absorption technology, an electricity-free cooling system powered by the sun (rather than compression systems that consume an average of 10-15% of domestic energy bills).

Swipe to see a few of the refrigerators I’ve found binned on the street recently. by @audrey.c.levy

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a month ago

last day to see Xero Cool on show at CSM 12pm-6pm by @audrey.c.levy

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a month ago

@mabiodesign show opens next week! Come see work from so many amazing peers and my refrigerator built by bacteria and powered by the sun 🦠 🌞

Preview nights (booking essential):
16th & 17th June, 6–9 pm

Public opening:
18th–21st

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Xero Cool : How to Grow a Refrigerator

This refrigerator is built by bacteria and powered by the sun. It connects new findings in xerogels–a type of lightweight bio-derived insulation material–to emerging science in heat-driven refrigeration technology leveraging nontoxic refrigerants. The project imagines a future where we collaborate with more-than-human organisms to create performative materials and harness the abundance of solar energy to power ecologically benevolent technologies. Fundamentally, Xero Cool questions how communities might wield power through food sovereignty and localised material intelligence when critical infrastructure like cooling space is decoupled from global architects of capitalist distribution.

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Teaching Team :
Nancy Diniz – Course Leader MA Biodesign
Jon Flint – Lecturer in Design and Fabrication
Paula Nerlich – Senior Lecturer in Biology and Living Systems

Lorraine Archer – Environmental Scientist
Digby Usher – Associate lecturer

Technical Support :
@growlabcsm
Barbara Paes – Specialist Grow Lab Technician
Paula Corsini – Specialist Grow Lab Technician
Charlotte Werth – Grow Lab Technician

Collaborators:
This project was developed with the support of the Francis Crick Institute @thefranciscrickinstitute, in collaboration with the Making Lab. Thank you to Albane Imbert, head of the Making Lab, and her team Christina Dix, Federico Nebuloni, Ross Burdis, Simon Tupin and Xavier Cano Ferrer
Evaluation courtesy of UCL Advanced Characterisation Laboratory
Ray Hoang – UCL Technician
Wild IS Earth Kombucha Microbrewery @wildisearth
Livia Palmiero - Wild IS Earth Founder

Special Thanks to:
Eva Dimitrakopoulou - Support Technician 3D Make
Ricky Brawn - Specialist Metal Technician
Charlie Sekers - Specialist Technician Digital Fabrication Make
Niki Dimova - Support Technician 3D Make
Domenico Ceci - Support Technician 3D Make

Kevin Yingst, my partner in all things by @audrey.c.levy

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a month ago

details from the cover for @thelaststrawmagazine issue 77 on fire 🔥

so many great stories about building and resilience in a burning world - get ‘em before they’re gone! by @audrey.c.levy

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2 months ago

phytoremediating plants grown on recycled sandpaper substrate 🌱

UNIT 2 : Collaborative Practice | Team: Jin Ho Park @jinho_park_architect — MArch, Rong Hu @imnotronng — M Arch, Nira Hussain @nira._.h — MArch, Emma Howard @emmahoward7 — MArch, Eirian Zhang @makkuro_owo — MABD, Shailaja Maheetharan @shailaja.m — MArch, Zoe Restrick @zokrc_ — M Arch | Tutors: Nancy Diniz – Course Leader MA Biodesign, Alice Taylor – Lecturer Biology and Living Systems, Paula Nerlich – Visiting Practicioner, Alejandro Luna – Associate Lecturer Sustainability, Paula Molina – Graduate Teaching Assistant, Andreas Lang – Course Leader M Architecture, Kleanthis Kyriakou – Associate Lecturer M Architecture, Catalina Mejia Moreno – Senior Lecturer Climate Studies, Alexandros Xenophontos – Graduate Teaching Assistant
@mabiodesign CSM UAL 2024/25 by @audrey.c.levy

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4 months ago

new materials from used sandpaper / incorporating sandpaper shapes into moulds / shape-making without reliance on digital design
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project from spring 2025
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UNIT 2 : Collaborative Practice | Team: Jin Ho Park @jinho_park_architect — MArch, Rong Hu @imnotronng — M Arch, Nira Hussain @nira._.h — MArch, Emma Howard @emmahoward7 — MArch, Eirian Zhang @makkuro_owo — MABD, Shailaja Maheetharan @shailaja.m — MArch, Zoe Restrick @zokrc_ — M Arch | Tutors: Nancy Diniz – Course Leader MA Biodesign, Alice Taylor – Lecturer Biology and Living Systems, Paula Nerlich – Visiting Practicioner, Alejandro Luna – Associate Lecturer Sustainability, Paula Molina – Graduate Teaching Assistant, Andreas Lang – Course Leader M Architecture, Kleanthis Kyriakou – Associate Lecturer M Architecture, Catalina Mejia Moreno – Senior Lecturer Climate Studies, Alexandros Xenophontos – Graduate Teaching Assistant
@mabiodesign CSM UAL 2024/25 by @audrey.c.levy

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5 months ago

tracing the life of sandpaper
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Sandpaper is used to perfect objects and spaces, then exorcised from those spaces through the cyclical labour of waste removal, surface disinfection, and repetitive maintenance. Once its grit is worn down, the only current solution for its next transition is trash disposal. Since it is a composite material, it cannot be recycled into new objects in standard municipal recycling streams, a system that is limited in its ability to reprocess even the simplest substances. The material becomes a discarded relic of refinement, the antithesis of most products it is used to create.
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UNIT 2 : Collaborative Practice | Team: Jin Ho Park @jinho_park_architect — MArch, Rong Hu @imnotronng — M Arch, Nira Hussain @nira._.h — MArch, Emma Howard @emmahoward7 — MArch, Eirian Zhang @makkuro_owo — MABD, Shailaja Maheetharan @shailaja.m — MArch, Zoe Restrick @zokrc_ — M Arch | Tutors: Nancy Diniz – Course Leader MA Biodesign, Alice Taylor – Lecturer Biology and Living Systems, Paula Nerlich – Visiting Practicioner, Alejandro Luna – Associate Lecturer Sustainability, Paula Molina – Graduate Teaching Assistant, Andreas Lang – Course Leader M Architecture, Kleanthis Kyriakou – Associate Lecturer M Architecture, Catalina Mejia Moreno – Senior Lecturer Climate Studies, Alexandros Xenophontos – Graduate Teaching Assistant
@mabiodesign CSM UAL 2024/25
#CSMProcess by @audrey.c.levy

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6 months ago

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UNIT 1 Introducing Biological Systems | Team: Haiyun Wu @haiyunwu128 , Daisy Chu @sleepydaisy330 , Edson Reyna @reynaedson | Tutors: Nancy Diniz - Course Leader MA Biodesign | Alice Taylor, Lecturer of Biology and Living Systems | Jon Flint, Lecturer in Design and Fabrication | Paula Nerlich, Visiting Practitioner | Paula Molina, Graduate Teaching Assistant | Technical Support: Shem Johnson – Specialist Grow Lab Technician / Barbara Paes – Specialist Grow Lab Technician / MA Biodesign CSM UAL 2024/25 @mabiodesign by @audrey.c.levy

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6 months ago

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breathing wall module

UNIT 1 Introducing Biological Systems | Team: Haiyun Wu @haiyunwu128 , Daisy Chu @sleepydaisy330 , Edson Reyna @reynaedson | Tutors: Nancy Diniz - Course Leader MA Biodesign | Alice Taylor, Lecturer of Biology and Living Systems | Jon Flint, Lecturer in Design and Fabrication | Paula Nerlich, Visiting Practitioner | Paula Molina, Graduate Teaching Assistant | Technical Support: Shem Johnson – Specialist Grow Lab Technician / Barbara Paes – Specialist Grow Lab Technician / MA Biodesign CSM UAL 2024/25 @mabiodesign by @audrey.c.levy

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Shapes and textures from a sprint exploring responsive mycelium architectures with @haiyunwu128, @sleepydaisy330, and @reynaedson in our first year @mabiodesign. We imagined a soft wall system that reacts to environmental temperature and humidity by flexing its shape. Reversible shape memory could change the wall’s insulative quality by adjusting the volume of the air pocket trapped within.

UNIT 1 Introducing Biological Systems | Team: Haiyun Wu, Daisy Chu, Edson Reyna | Tutors: Nancy Diniz - Course Leader MA Biodesign | Alice Taylor, Lecturer of Biology and Living Systems | Jon Flint, Lecturer in Design and Fabrication | Paula Nerlich, Visiting Practitioner | Paula Molina, Graduate Teaching Assistant | Technical Support: Shem Johnson – Specialist Grow Lab Technician / Barbara Paes – Specialist Grow Lab Technician / MA Biodesign CSM UAL 2024/25 taken in Central Saint Martins, Kings Cross by @audrey.c.levy

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7 months ago

Toward Resilience and Regeneration Workshop
Led by the @claudyjongstra team
Lectures from @gem_shandy @janvanboeckel @alanboldon
Hosted by @walthamplace

Still floating after the dreamiest days ☁️🌱 by @audrey.c.levy

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a year ago