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Romy Kaiser
PhD Candidate
Romy Kaiser is a bio designer and researcher with focus on biomaterials, textile thinking and fibre-based bio fabrication methods.
Currently she is PhD Candidate at the Hub for Biotechnology in the Built Environment, Newcastle (UK) working as part of the Living Construction and Living Textiles Group. Romy’s research is investigating the scaffolding potential of knitted textiles for mycelium growth contributing to the field of bio fabrication and the scale-up of ‘Biological Engineered Living Materials’ (Bio-ELMs) in the Built Environment.
Romy obtained her master’s degree in Textile Design at the Swedish School of Textiles, Borås (2020), where she specialized in smart textiles, biomaterials and textile methodology. Her Master Project Kera-Plast investigated the plasticization of keratin-based fibres through compression moulded human hair in relation to textile design methods. The project was shortlisted for the Dorothy Waxman International Textile Design Prize 2020 and awarded with the Sustainable Development Award by the University of Borås.
Among other her work was exhibited at Design weeks and venues in Stockholm (2020), Milan (2020), Eindhoven (2021) and Berlin (2021).
Supervisors: Jane Scott, Martyn Dade-Robertson, Elise Elsacker
Currently she is PhD Candidate at the Hub for Biotechnology in the Built Environment, Newcastle (UK) working as part of the Living Construction and Living Textiles Group. Romy’s research is investigating the scaffolding potential of knitted textiles for mycelium growth contributing to the field of bio fabrication and the scale-up of ‘Biological Engineered Living Materials’ (Bio-ELMs) in the Built Environment.
Romy obtained her master’s degree in Textile Design at the Swedish School of Textiles, Borås (2020), where she specialized in smart textiles, biomaterials and textile methodology. Her Master Project Kera-Plast investigated the plasticization of keratin-based fibres through compression moulded human hair in relation to textile design methods. The project was shortlisted for the Dorothy Waxman International Textile Design Prize 2020 and awarded with the Sustainable Development Award by the University of Borås.
Among other her work was exhibited at Design weeks and venues in Stockholm (2020), Milan (2020), Eindhoven (2021) and Berlin (2021).
Supervisors: Jane Scott, Martyn Dade-Robertson, Elise Elsacker
November 26, 2024
The Living Room is a mycelium-knit biohybrid architecture that consists of an exposed knitted formwork on the interior and a smooth mycelium plaster on the exterior, […]
August 21, 2024
This paper investigates the design potential of monolithically grown Mycelium-based Composites (MBCs), focusing on integrating 3D knitted formworks within the fabrication process. Mycelium has gained attention […]
April 26, 2024
How can the intersection of textile practices, biofabrication, and computation disrupt industrial construction processes to deliver scalable solutions for regenerative architecture? Materialised through a textile logic, […]