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Strategies for Growing Large-Scale Mycelium Structures
Fungi-based materials (myco-materials) have been celebrated and experimented with for their architectural and structural potential for over a decade. This paper describes research applied to assembly strategies for growing large building units and assembling them into efficiently formed wall prototy...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9496270/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36134933 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/biomimetics7030129 |
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description | Fungi-based materials (myco-materials) have been celebrated and experimented with for their architectural and structural potential for over a decade. This paper describes research applied to assembly strategies for growing large building units and assembling them into efficiently formed wall prototypes. A major concern in the development of these two fabrication strategies is to design re-usable formwork systems. La Parete Fungina demonstrates two undulating wall units standing side-by-side, each composed of seventeen myco-welded slabs. L’Orso Fungino revisits the in situ monolithic fabric forming of units that are repeated, stacked, and post-tensioned. Although the design and research presented in this paper focuses on overcoming the challenges of growing large-scale building components, this work also touches on issues of accessibility and technology, economic and logistical systems needed for building-scale applications, and material ethics of energy and waste associated with emerging biomaterial production. |
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spelling | pubmed-94962702022-09-23 Strategies for Growing Large-Scale Mycelium Structures Dessi-Olive, Jonathan Biomimetics (Basel) Article Fungi-based materials (myco-materials) have been celebrated and experimented with for their architectural and structural potential for over a decade. This paper describes research applied to assembly strategies for growing large building units and assembling them into efficiently formed wall prototypes. A major concern in the development of these two fabrication strategies is to design re-usable formwork systems. La Parete Fungina demonstrates two undulating wall units standing side-by-side, each composed of seventeen myco-welded slabs. L’Orso Fungino revisits the in situ monolithic fabric forming of units that are repeated, stacked, and post-tensioned. Although the design and research presented in this paper focuses on overcoming the challenges of growing large-scale building components, this work also touches on issues of accessibility and technology, economic and logistical systems needed for building-scale applications, and material ethics of energy and waste associated with emerging biomaterial production. MDPI 2022-09-11 /pmc/articles/PMC9496270/ /pubmed/36134933 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/biomimetics7030129 Text en © 2022 by the author. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Dessi-Olive, Jonathan Strategies for Growing Large-Scale Mycelium Structures |
title | Strategies for Growing Large-Scale Mycelium Structures |
title_full | Strategies for Growing Large-Scale Mycelium Structures |
title_fullStr | Strategies for Growing Large-Scale Mycelium Structures |
title_full_unstemmed | Strategies for Growing Large-Scale Mycelium Structures |
title_short | Strategies for Growing Large-Scale Mycelium Structures |
title_sort | strategies for growing large-scale mycelium structures |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9496270/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36134933 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/biomimetics7030129 |
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