MycoTree
Innovative resources for the construction industry
The project initiators from KIT and ETH have pooled their expertise in the fields of materials, construction, structure and geometry to tackle the problems arising from inefficiencies in current design practices and material usage. Using the renewable materials bamboo and mycelium, the team presents a spatial structure whose geometry is based on polyhedral forms and force diagrams. The MycoTree is a vision for how we can move beyond the extraction of building materials to their cultivation and growth. It demonstrates how digital design, technology and alternative resources can come together to challenge current building practices and propose more sustainable approaches.
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MycoTree in the Natural History Museum in Karlsruhe
As part of the 17th „Karlsruher Frischpilzausstellung“ of the Natural History Museum in Karlsruhe, the MycoTree was exhibited in the pavilion in the Nymphengarten on the 8th and 9th October. The exhibition displayed 250-300 species of mushrooms and presented various literature on mushrooms. The weekend exhibition was visited by almost 1300 people interested in mushrooms.…
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Exhibition: MycoTree in `Critical Zones` at ZKM
Against the backdrop of the climate crisis, the exhibition Critical Zones at ZKM questions the way we deal with our living space on earth. The exhibition explores new and possible forms of coexistence between all forms of life and shows ways of dealing with the current critical situation. With the presentation of the MycoTree, the…
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KIT Professorship of Sustainable Construction wins two innovation awards at „beyond bauhaus – prototyping the future“ organized by „Deutschland – Land der Ideen“ – an initiative of the Federal Government and German industry
The international competition „beyond bauhaus – prototyping the future“, sought ground-breaking design ideas and concepts that address a socially relevant topic and provide creative answers to the pressing questions of our time. Almost 1500 projects coming from 50 countries applied for an award. The 20 award winners convinced the international jury with their ideas and…
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Watch the Making-Off Video of MycoTree at the Seoul Biennale
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MycoTree nominated for Beazley Design of the Year Award 2018
Our 2017 MycoTree for the Seoul Biennale of Architecture and Urbanism is nominated for the Beazley Design of the Year 2018 Award. #BeazleyDesignsoftheYear MycoTree is a spatial branching structure made out of load-bearing mycelium components. Its geometry was designed using 3D graphic statics, keeping the weak material in compression only. Its complex nodes were grown…
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Beyond Mining – Urban Growth to open at Seoul Biennale
Opening on 2nd September 2017, the Seoul Biennale of Architecture and Urbanism is entitles Imminent Commons: In an age of environmental decay and unprecedented wealth inequality, the cities of the world gather in Seoul to explore the urban parliaments where the politics of resources and technologies is enacted. The Seoul Biennale of Architecture and Urbanism…
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Beyond Mining – Urban Growth
at Seoul Biennale of Architecture and Urbanism 2017As populations and aspirations grow, so does the demand for materials and resources to support them. Although such resource demands were once satisfied by local and regional hinterlands, they are becoming increasingly global in scale and reach. This phenomenon has generated material flows that are trans-continental and planetary in scope, and has profound consequences for…
