Ginger Krieg's Biomason is Creating Sustainable Bricks To Replace Cement
Ginger Krieg’s (Architecture ’05) company, Biomason, is creating bio-based tiles, called Biolith, that can replace cement, which has a high output of carbon emissions in its production. Biomason has a new joint-development deal with Swedish retailer H&M Group to create bio-based tiles that could be used in new stores or retrofitted for older stores. The two companies are not expecting to have a tile product ready for stores until at least 2022.
Some of Biomanson’s commercial projects include title paving for an exterior courtyard at Dropbox’s San Francisco headquarters and exterior tiles for the headquarters of Martin Marietta.
Krieg’s MFA thesis at Cranbrook, “Material Choreography,” used salt and calcium carbonate to make temporary architectural materials. She also visited the science department of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor while she was a student at the Academy.
