MycoTree
Exhibition at the Seoul Biennale 2017.
MycoTree is a spatial branching structure made of load-bearing mycelium — mushroom root networks grown on agricultural waste — designed as a compression-only structure so that this weak, cultivated material can carry itself. It was exhibited at the Seoul Biennale of Architecture and Urbanism 2017.
Location: Seoul, South Korea Year: 2017
Credits
- Sustainable Construction — Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
- Block Research Group — ETH Zürich
- Alternative Construction Materials, Future Cities Laboratory, Singapore-ETH Centre