
Porous Panel
Concrete needs water, so does hydrogel. The hydrogel concrete mixes with water, then reacts and becomes strong. It also absorbs water, then evaporates and becomes voids. The result is a panel with porosity allowing light and air passing through in both macro and micro scale.



Hydrogel Concrete was featured in “Bechthold, M., and Weaver, J.: Scales of Design: Material Science and Architecture. in Nature Reviews Materials 2, 17082 (2017).“
