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"If buildings had anamorphic qualities, perhaps natural disasters wouldn&#039;t hit communities hard; that&#039;s where these water-reacting architectural surfaces come into play. Designed by Chao Chen, a student at the Royal College of Art, the material is inspired by pine cones. Fast Co Design writes, &quot;Picking up a pine cone, he noticed that it reacted to water by closing its outer shell. Now, he has developed a building material, based on the pine cone&#039;s anatomy, that can shapeshift in response to weather.&quot; By studying this reaction, Chen designed water-reacting architectural surfaces out of fabric, a thin film and veneer. He created a few examples of how this unique material could be used including a small shelter, color-revealing surfaces and a sophisticated water detector."
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