Scalar Thresholds

Scalar Thresholds uses multi-material bio-based composites to explore challenges with the integration of biomaterials in the built environment. Design intuition, scientific method, and engineering rigour merged into a shared language that drives our development of responsive tectonic systems, using additive manufacturing and self-pigmented bio-composites. The novel composites leverage biological catalysts (bacterial and fungal enzymes) to enhance durability, scalability, and versatility of biomaterials structures. The resulting fused assemblies interweave melanated structural venations with a translucent, flexible membrane, yielding a materially expressive and functionally adaptive system. Rooted in hands-on experimentation, our practice pushes living materials toward new forms of architectural expression entwining structure and biological metabolism. The final prototype, Alula, was the first demonstration of large-scale enzymatically crosslinked materials in architecture