Growing Islands: A new exhibition on display at the MIT Museum floats an optimistic future concept for the Maldives coastline
A new project focused on landform development in the Maldives from the Self-Assembly Lab at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Invena is now on view at the MIT Museum in Cambridge. The Growing Islands initiative is a design proposal that considers the impacts of rising sea levels on the island nation, calling for a solution that can actually grow landforms out of the ocean using pre-fabricated canvas ‘bladders’ filled with sand. The concept offers a vital sense of hope to other seaborn nations, including Micronesia and Kiribati, currently at risk of losing their entire existence and cultures to manmade climate change.Read the full post on Bustler
A new project focused on landform development in the Maldives from the Self-Assembly Lab at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Invena is now on view at the MIT Museum in Cambridge.
The Growing Islands initiative is a design proposal that considers the impacts of rising sea levels on the island nation, calling for a solution that can actually grow landforms out of the ocean using pre-fabricated canvas ‘bladders’ filled with sand. The concept offers a vital sense of hope to other seaborn nations, including Micronesia and Kiribati, currently at risk of losing their entire existence and cultures to manmade climate change.
Read the full post on Bustler
