Neri Oxman’s latest project teases a future of resilience and diversity–both in buildings and the people that occupy them

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Melanin is the universal pigment that colors our skin and hair, peacock feathers, and butterfly wings. But for Neri Oxman, the head of MIT’s Mediated Matter research group, melanin isn’t just “the color of life,” as she puts it. It’s the foundation of our future–and our future habitats.

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