Biological, physical and morphological factors for the programming of a novel microbial hygromorphic material
April 26, 2024
Knit-Mycelium Hybrids: Textile Design Strategies for Biofabrication Systems Based on Mycocrete Injection in 3D Knitted Tubular Formworks
August 21, 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, this research presents a multi-scalar system where the microscale growth of fungal mycelium is structured by permanent knitted textile formwork to support macroscale biofabrication. The outcome is the ability to grow biohybrid textile architecture from a composite of mycelium, wool, sawdust, and cellulose fibres, sourced from local industrial waste streams.
Scott, J., Bridgens, B., Ozkan, D., & Kaiser, R. (2024). The living room: new expressions of biohybrid textile architecture. In P. Ayres, M. R. Thomsen, B. Sheil, & M. Skavara (Eds.), Fabricate 2024 (pp. 32-39). UCL Press.
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