A new design from BIG made using 3D printing and mycelium additives is being showcase at a manufacturing summit for industry stakeholders in Scandinavia. The firm says it is "aimed at exploring new ways to reduce spatial and material waste through additive manufacturing and bio-based materials."
I AM MSHRM came together as part of a collaborative effort between the Danish AM Hub , MDT A/S, Naturpladen.
The result, they say, is a rapidly deployable and can be assembled in modular components made from recycled plastic and then filled in with the mycelium additive. This element makes their erection possible without the need for scaffolding. This method likewise reduces the overall volume of printed material, replacing it instead with the mycelium composite in such a way that "significantly lower[s] the overall carbon footprint" according to the firm.
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I think the title here is a bit misleading (or too condensed?) because 3D printing and the bio-material aspect are separate things.
No one is 3D printing mushrooms just yet - the printed plastic structure provides an integrated grillage to hold the mushroom insulation.
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