{"id":133743,"date":"2024-09-16T07:52:01","date_gmt":"2024-09-16T04:52:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/news\/from-local-threat-to-valuable-resource-could-icelands-lava-be-a-sustainable-building-material\/"},"modified":"2024-09-16T07:52:01","modified_gmt":"2024-09-16T04:52:01","slug":"from-local-threat-to-valuable-resource-could-icelands-lava-be-a-sustainable-building-material","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/news\/from-local-threat-to-valuable-resource-could-icelands-lava-be-a-sustainable-building-material\/","title":{"rendered":"From \u2018local threat to valuable resource\u2019: Could Iceland\u2019s lava be a sustainable building material?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mp_wrapper\">\n  <div class=\"mepr-unauthorized-message\">\n    <p>You are unauthorized to view this page.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"mepr-login-form-wrap\">\n            \n<div class=\"mp_wrapper mp_login_form\">\n                  <!-- mp-login-form-start -->     <form name=\"mepr_loginform\" id=\"mepr_loginform\" class=\"mepr-form\" action=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/login-2\/\" method=\"post\" data-trp-original-action=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/login-2\/\">\n            <div class=\"mp-form-row mepr_username\">\n        <div class=\"mp-form-label\">\n                              <label for=\"user_login\">Username<\/label>\n        <\/div>\n        <input type=\"text\" name=\"log\" id=\"user_login\" value=\"\" \/>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"mp-form-row mepr_password\">\n        <div class=\"mp-form-label\">\n          <label for=\"user_pass\">Password<\/label>\n          <div class=\"mp-hide-pw\">\n            <input type=\"password\" name=\"pwd\" id=\"user_pass\" value=\"\" \/>\n            <button type=\"button\" class=\"button mp-hide-pw hide-if-no-js\" data-toggle=\"0\" aria-label=\"Show password\">\n              <span class=\"dashicons dashicons-visibility\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n            <\/button>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n            <div>\n        <label><input name=\"rememberme\" type=\"checkbox\" id=\"rememberme\" value=\"forever\" \/> Remember Me<\/label>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"mp-spacer\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n      <div class=\"submit\">\n        <input type=\"submit\" name=\"wp-submit\" id=\"wp-submit\" class=\"button-primary mepr-share-button\" value=\"Log In\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"redirect_to\" value=\"\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133743\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"mepr_process_login_form\" value=\"true\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"mepr_is_login_page\" value=\"false\" \/>\n      <\/div>\n    <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"trp-form-language\" value=\"en\"\/><\/form>\n    <div class=\"mp-spacer\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n    <div class=\"mepr-login-actions\">\n        <a\n          href=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/login-2\/?action=forgot_password\"\n          title=\"Click here to reset your password\"\n        >\n          Forgot Password        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n\n      \n    <!-- mp-login-form-end --> \n  <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"smart_content_wrapper\">\nThis Icelandic architect proposes harnessing lava flows to create building foundations. An architecture studio in Iceland is proposing the use of lava as a building material. Arnhildur P\u00e1lmad\u00f3ttir of s.ap architects is presenting her project Lavaforming at the Venice Architecture Biennale next year. Her team, which specialises in sustainability and circularity in construction, is exploring how to turn the volcanic substance into a sustainable structural material. P\u00e1lmad\u00f3ttir sees the process as a way to turn a \u201clocal threat\u201d into a \u201cvaluable resource\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Lavaforming will feature in Iceland\u2019s national pavilion at the 19th International Architecture Exhibition in Venice next year. The project is a \u201cproposal on how the brutal force of lava can be turned into a valuable resource, capable of lowering atmospheric emissions through its future use as a sustainable building material,\u201d P\u00e1lmad\u00f3ttir says.<\/p>\n<p>The architect observed how Iceland\u2019s exceptional geological location on a rift between two tectonic plates causes frequent seismic activity including the creation of extensive lava fields. Throughout history, the island\u2019s volcanic activity has been perceived as a local disturbance and a threat to communities.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, P\u00e1lmad\u00f3ttir, who is nominated for the 2024 Nordic Council&#8217;s Environmental Award for interdisciplinary collaboration in architecture and her focus on recyclable building materials, wants to transform lava into \u201ca resource that addresses a global emergency\u201d. \u201cIn our story, placed in 2150, we have harnessed the lava flow, just as we did with geothermal energy 200 years earlier in Iceland,\u201d says P\u00e1lmad\u00f3ttir. &#8220;The main goal of Lavaforming is to show that architecture can be the force that rethinks and shapes a new future with sustainability, innovation and creative thinking.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The project presented at the Biennale is still a theoretical proposal, but P\u00e1lmad\u00f3ttir has an ambitious vision for the volcanic resource. \u201cA lava flow can contain enough building material for the foundations of an entire city to rise in a matter of weeks without harmful mining and non-renewable energy generation,\u201d the architect says. \u201cThe theme is both a proposal and a metaphor &#8211; architecture is in a paradigm shift, and many of our current methods have been deemed obsolete or harmful in the long term. \u201cIn our current predicament we need to be bold, think in new ways, look at challenges, and find the right resources.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/green\/2024\/09\/13\/from-local-threat-to-valuable-resource-could-icelands-lava-be-a-sustainable-building-mater\">Euronews Green<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\/environmental-news-en\/from-local-threat-to-valuable-resource-could-icelands-lava-be-a-sustainable-building-material\/\">From \u2018local threat to valuable resource\u2019: Could Iceland\u2019s lava be a sustainable building material?<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\">Vastuullisuusuutiset.fi<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[575,16107,16108],"class_list":["post-133743","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-environmental-news-en","tag-icelands-lava","tag-sustainable-building-material"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133743","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=133743"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133743\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=133743"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=133743"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=133743"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}