Architectural design has always been defined by the advances in technology, especially since the industrial revolution times during the 19th century. However since then its design principles of taking organic matter from nature and transforming it into inert objects have created an unsustainable built environment.
Today, the advances in biotechnology and synthetic biology are allowing architects to re-think the connection between the built environment with the natural environment. New materials that are responsive to their surroundings and can self-assemble, self-modify their molecular components and even harvest nutrients and energy from the environment to produce other usable components could change the way we practice architecture forever.
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