"Designed by Yong Ju Lee Architecture, this project arrives at a critical juncture. The architecture and construction sector currently accounts for the highest carbon emissions among all global industries. After 10,000 years of evolution alongside humanity, architecture entered the 20th century prioritizing efficiency and economy above all else, adopting concrete and steel as its near-exclusive materials. This pursuit of industrial optimization, while enabling rapid development, detached architecture from its ecological roots and intensified the environmental burden of the built environment."
"Following the era of environmental crisis and the pandemic, a new approach has emerged to redefine sustainability itself. Organism-based composite materials present fresh possibilities for architecture, challenging the non-recyclable and non-degradable nature of inorganic construction materials. The Mycelial Hut experiments with mycelium, the fungal network that serves as nature's filter, to reinterpret what eco-friendly architecture can be. But here's where it gets really interesting. This isn't about simply replacing one material with another. The project explores bio-integrated fabrication methods that align growth, decay, and design"
The Mycelial Hut demonstrates cultivation of building elements using mycelium grown in customized molds produced by robotic 3D printing. The pavilion employs organism-based composite materials to create biodegradable, bio-hybrid components that challenge conventional non-recyclable inorganic construction materials. The approach integrates growth and decay into a single fabrication process, aligning material lifecycle with design intent. The project pairs a wooden frame for structural support with mycelial-form components to achieve large-scale application of fungal networks as building material. The strategy addresses architecture's historical reliance on concrete and steel and targets reductions in the sector's carbon emissions.
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