"[...] In this project, we're using a living organism as a factory. So the living organism of mycellium, or hyphae, which is basically a mushroom root, basically makes our bricks for us. It grows our bricks in about five days with no energy required, almost no carbon emissions, and it's using basically waste— agricultural byproducts, chopped up cornstalks. This mushroom root fuses together this biomass and makes solid bricks which we can kind of tune to be different properties." — The Creators Project
Here are a few more photos of Hy-Fi, the locally-sourced, virtually waste-less biostructure by The Living, which just debuted in the courtyard of MoMA PS1.
Photos by Andrew Nunes.
In the video below, David Benjamin talks with The Creators Project about building the structure from agricultural waste and mushroom root, MOMA PS1's interest in sustainability, and how the Hy-Fi could revolutionize waste-less architecture.
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Folks on archinect used to always have a lot to say about PS1. Anyone? Or do we just hit the 'thumbs up' button, now, and move on?
I love it!
Nice. Thayer, what do you like about it?
I love good brick work, being able to read the structure, and the light play that seems evident. Most of all, I like natural materials worked by hand, regardless of what algorithm and/or master mason brought the design to bear.
Yeah, I agree that there's a potentially interesting digital/physical craft thing going on here. Doesn't quite mesh for me, though.
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