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The fungi’s roots called mycelium naturally start to degrade the waste to transform it into a strong material. The folds and crevasses on the biomass column are designed to retain moisture to facilitate the growth of edible mushrooms that can be harvested as food. Once this purpose is served, the structure is dried at a high temperature to stop the development of the fungi and solidify it into a load-bearing building column.
Blast Studio has developed a method for 3D printing with living mycelium and used it to form a two-metre-high column that could be harvested for mushrooms.
The Waste Age exhibition, which opens today at London's Design Museum, explores how design can create a circular economy that doesn't exploit the planet.
The Waste Age exhibition features contributions from Formafantasma, Stella McCartney, The Ellen MacArthur Foundation, Bethany Williams, Snøhetta, the Sony Design Centre Europe and others.