HBBE launches Living Textiles as 5th Research Theme

The Living Textiles Research Group has been established as a core research theme for the Hub for Biotechnology in the Built Environment. Living Textiles, led by Jane Scott, positions textiles as a critical biofabrication strategy for the development of new materials and construction methods, transforming biomaterials and biosynthesised polymers into environmentally responsive, and programmable systems that operate at the scale of the built environment. 

“It is fantastic achievement for Living Textiles to become a research theme in HBBE. Textiles offer such diverse and scalable solutions for biotech; we are growing architectures with wool and mycelium as well as developing a new generation of textile fibres and filaments to address circularity and sustainability in the textile industry.” Dr Jane Scott

Current work by Living Textiles includes The Growing Room on display at Edinburgh Science Festival, 30th March – 14th April 2024 and BioKnit Arch at the London Design Museum until the end of August 2024.

Find more information about the research theme at Living Textiles.