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Breaking the Wall of Tipping Points

Vera Meyer

Art and Science

Together with the architect Prof. Sven Pfeiffer (University of the Arts Berlin), the microbiologue Prof. Vera Meyer researches on alternatives for sustainable and climate-neutral construction material. Within their research they want find the best material and new ways of designing and constructing buildings with fungi. This groundbreaking research enables new ways of circular building, bringing together Architecture and Science.

Vera Meyer

TU Berlin

Vera Meyer is a self-taught artist. She studied biotechnology  and worked as a scientist in Berlin, London and Leiden. Currently, she works as a professor for applied and molecular microbiology at the Technische Universität Berlin (TU Berlin).