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# Algae-powered apartment complex blooms in Hamburg
- URL: https://www.trxl.co/2013-4-14-algae-powered-apartment-complex/
- Published: 2013-04-14T19:40:12.000Z
- Updated: 2023-07-25T00:26:11.000Z
- Author: Evan Troxel
- Tags: Architecture, #sqs, #Import-blog1, #evantroxel-me-com

![Image: ARUP](https://storage.ghost.io/c/93/80/9380fef7-629b-48bf-9c81-27fe48a999cc/content/images/content/v1/4fb6ec4fe4b093525981eab3/1365968571732-J6CMKXLZBKM0ICAAPK8Y/image-asset.jpg)

Image: ARUP

> During the summer, however, when the sun is out in full-force, BIQ will no doubt go into full “bloom” mode. As Curbed notes, the panels, acting as “massive, algae-driving transition lenses,” will grow noticeably darker when filled with elevated levels of algae. In turn, the interior of the building will be kept nice and cool. So much for window AC units when you have bacteria-sized organisms multiplying on the side of your building to help you beat the summertime heat, eh?

I wonder what the building smells like.

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