The Design and Technology Lab is a joint venture between the Industrial Design Programme at Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK) and the Product Development Group of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETHZ). The Lab is a cross-university education and research platform dedicated to interdisciplinary innovation projects.

A modular artificial reef system

Coral City

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A modular artificial reef system

The Design and Technology Lab is a joint venture between the Industrial Design Programme at Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK) and the Product Development Group of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETHZ). The Lab is a cross-university education and research platform dedicated to interdisciplinary innovation projects.

Rising temperatures lead to coral reefs death, with fatal consequences for the marine ecosystem and humans. In this project, the horizontally and vertically connectable modules form an artificial reef structure. Coral larvae like to settle on its surface and adapt to the warmer temperatures in their evolution. The structure also provides shelters for fish.


The coral reef is bleaching and beginning to decay. Coral bleaching in Fiji (2016) Credit: The Ocean Agency / Ocean Image Bank

Both modules provide space for established Coral Gardening methods. Possible add-ons

Various system approaches and options were explored in the process. Prototyping overview

Anna Kaiser (ZHdK)

Kyo Mangold (ETHZ)

Gestaltung:
Studios Zürich, Basel

Umsetzung:
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Copyright:
©DTL, 2016

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