Living Blocks is an open-source recipe, which can be used to produce building blocks that can support plant and insect life. Drawing inspiration from the porous structure of limestone formations, living blocks uses waste fruits, vegetables and locally sourced aggregates such as crushed shells, shingle or waste rubble from building sites, to produce a similar porous structure in a cement-based alternative.
This project explores the ways in which we can build with nature to increase biodiversity in cities while developing our connection to nature. Currently, cities are built with clean, smooth surfaces and spaces, with little focus on natural life. Living blocks aims to provide a basic, open-source process people can use and adapt to build blocks or other shapes that provide complex, textured, bio-receptive surfaces that could provide rich ecosystems in urban spaces.
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