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![Incorporating the digital strategies and fabrication workflows, to create a novel living structure, a new urban fabric, functioning as a tram stop, in Lisbon’s city centre.]()
![Climate change resilient proposal address rising temperatures (projected to increase 4-8°C) and decreasing annual precipitation, of a huge impact for local ecologies.]()
![Closed loop systems of project strategies and objectives, integrating a multi-disciplinary approach to natural processes as part of the design.]()
![Environmentally informed microclimate map and timeline of living organisms, featuring rapid and long-term growth as well as organisms adaptation.]()
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![Rainfall analysis. Water regulation and redirection with plant inspired design along patterned channels, structure curvature, and material distribution regulating water retention and flows.]()
![The computational simulation of panel inflation is aimed to simulate real life behaviour of the structure and translate physical data to the digital environment.]()
![Design and functionality of elements of the refined digital section prototype.]()
![Speculation of overall design vision and functionality of the elements and materials of the proposal informed by the refined development of the prototype.]()
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![Material studies looked at a variety of mycelium substrates from natural to synthetic fibres, potential of bio-receptivity, and functional adaptability of the material.]()
![Primary Prototypes aimed to translate the digital simulation and designed pattern into the physical model integrated with the 3D printed elements.]()
![Integration of fabric-formed panel with mycelium composite infill, 3D printed semi-supporting structure and 3D printed base hosting nutritious biomass and plant growth.]()
Urban MYCOskin
Project details
Programme
Year
2
Urban MYCOskin is a bio-active architectural proposal that integrates the processes of growth and decay, by utilising the fascinating abilities of mycelium. Mycelium – akin to. the roots of mushrooms – act as a ‘natural glue’ to create a lightweight, biodegradable, and bio-receptive composite material. Additionally, mycelium MYCOskin upcycles not only agricultural waste, but also urban waste streams such as textile wastes, the unnoticed danger of fast fashion, transforming it into valuable, primary material.
The design process and workflows bridge computational simulations, environmentally responsive design, and fabrication techniques. The unique fusion of fabric formation of mycelium composites and robotic 3D printing informed by environmental tactics aims to craft resilient, vibrant urban infrastructures. The aim of Urban MYCOskin is to invite biodiversity, promote circular economy, create climate change resilient proposals, foster local ecologies and provide cooling through its form, materials, and the growth of plants.
Students
- Natalia Beata Piorecka Year 2 Bio-Integrated Design MArch Award
- Rita Espinha Dos Santos Abreu Morais Year 2
- Jennifer Florence Levy Girardin Year 2
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Contextual Design Framework
Introduction
Introduction
Architectural Proposal
Incorporating the digital strategies and fabrication workflows, to create a novel living structure, a new urban fabric, functioning as a tram stop, in Lisbon’s city centre.
Site Analysis and Bioclimatic Strategies
Climate change resilient proposal address rising temperatures (projected to increase 4-8°C) and decreasing annual precipitation, of a huge impact for local ecologies.
Project Strategies and Objectives
Closed loop systems of project strategies and objectives, integrating a multi-disciplinary approach to natural processes as part of the design.
Microclimates and Bio-Receptivity
Environmentally informed microclimate map and timeline of living organisms, featuring rapid and long-term growth as well as organisms adaptation.
02
Computational Simulations and Environmental Analysis
Computation Simulation Informed by Enviornmental Studies
Computation Simulation Informed by Enviornmental Studies
Water Systems
Rainfall analysis. Water regulation and redirection with plant inspired design along patterned channels, structure curvature, and material distribution regulating water retention and flows.
Translation of Computational Simulation to Prototype Design
The computational simulation of panel inflation is aimed to simulate real life behaviour of the structure and translate physical data to the digital environment.
Digital Prototype and Fabrication
Design and functionality of elements of the refined digital section prototype.
Future Vision and Global Design Functionality
Speculation of overall design vision and functionality of the elements and materials of the proposal informed by the refined development of the prototype.
03
Materiality and Fabrication
Fabrication of the Prototype
Fabrication of the Prototype
Material Development and Studies
Material studies looked at a variety of mycelium substrates from natural to synthetic fibres, potential of bio-receptivity, and functional adaptability of the material.
Primary Prototype
Primary Prototypes aimed to translate the digital simulation and designed pattern into the physical model integrated with the 3D printed elements.
Final Physical Prototype
Integration of fabric-formed panel with mycelium composite infill, 3D printed semi-supporting structure and 3D printed base hosting nutritious biomass and plant growth.
Growth and Decay, Bioactive Piece of Architecture
Growth and Decay, Bioactive Piece of Architecture
Careful orchestration of the inseparable processes of growth and decay in the design proposal and future vision supports the circulation of nutrients and the natural qualities of mycelium.
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