Fungal Architectures

Imagine a circular production leading to new kinds of architecture.  

At the exhibition '70 % Less CO2' you can explore the project 'Fungal Architectures'.

The Fungal Architectures project investigates the architectural potential of mycelium-based materials. Rather than considering these simply as replacements for existing materials, the project aims to be more disruptive. It seeks to explain how these materials and their properties can lead to new kinds of architecture, new kinds of architectural production, new design methods and the embodiment of alternative values and ethics for a society with a heightened ecological awareness.

Mycelium-based materials are attracting increased attention as viable construction materials. A key characteristic of their production and life cycle is that they can be grown using renewable feedstocks and are expected to be fully biodegradable – critical factors in circular production and for making them promising alternatives to the less-sustainable materials currently being used.

Mycelium materials are based on growing a three-dimensional fibrous network of fungi. Another interesting property is that they can be considered computing substrates in their living state.