the design and fabrication of MycoCreate 2.0: a spatial structure built with load-bearing Mycelium-based composite components

• Ali Ghazvinian ^[3] ; Arman Khalilbeigi ^[1] ; Esmaeil Mottaghi ^[2] ; Benay Gürsoy ^[3]
  1. [1] University of Calgary

     University of Calgary

     Canadá

     
  2. [2] University of Tehran

     University of Tehran

     Irán

     
  3. [3] Penn State University, USA

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• Localización: Journal of the International Association for Shell and Spatial Structures, ISSN-e 1996-9015, ISSN 1028-365X, Vol. 63, Nº. 2, 2022, págs. 85-97
• Idioma: inglés
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  • MycoCreate 2.0 is a spatial structure with load-bearing components made of mycelium-based composites, built for the 2022 Biomaterials Building Exposition at the University of Virginia, and has been initially conceptualized for the 2021 IASS Innovative Lightweight Structures Competition. Mycelium-based composites are lightweight, renewable, and biodegradable biomaterials obtained from mycelium, the root systems of fungi. There is a growing interest in mycelium-based materials from the architecture community, mainly due to their sustainable features.

    With MycoCreate 2.0, we employed a computational form-finding strategy for funicular, component-based structures fabricated with mycelium-based materials and an affordable and sustainable fabrication strategy to minimize waste. In addition, we tapped into the structural aspects of mycelium-based composites, their lightness, and biodegradability while easing the breathing and compaction of the material within the formworks.