Mycelium-Based Bio-Composites For Architecture: Assessing the Effects of Cultivation Factors on Compressive Strength

Mycelium-Based Bio-Composites For Architecture: Assessing the Effects of Cultivation Factors on Compressive Strength

Ghazvinian, Ali; Farrokhsiar, Paniz; Vieira, Fabricio; Pecchia, John; Gursoy, Benay

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Mycelium-based bio-composites can propose a renewable and biodegradablealternative for architectural construction materials. These biomaterials resultfrom growth of mycelium, fibrous root systems of fungi, on organic substrates incontrolled environmental conditions. This paper presents a material study thatexplores how substrate type and added supplements used for cultivating myceliumaffect the compressive strength of mycelium-based composites for use as masonryunits in architectural construction. For this purpose, samples grown usingPleurotus Ostreatus (Gray Oyster mushroom strain) on three different substrates(sawdust, straw and a mixture of sawdust and straw) with and withoutsupplementation are tested for compressive strength.

Mycelium-based bio-composites can propose a renewable and biodegradablealternative for architectural construction materials. These biomaterials resultfrom growth of mycelium, fibrous root systems of fungi, on organic substrates incontrolled environmental conditions. This paper presents a material study thatexplores how substrate type and added supplements used for cultivating myceliumaffect the compressive strength of mycelium-based composites for use as masonryunits in architectural construction. For this purpose, samples grown usingPleurotus Ostreatus (Gray Oyster mushroom strain) on three different substrates(sawdust, straw and a mixture of sawdust and straw) with and withoutsupplementation are tested for compressive strength.

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DOI: 10.5151/proceedings-ecaadesigradi2019_465

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Ghazvinian, Ali; Farrokhsiar, Paniz; Vieira, Fabricio; Pecchia, John; Gursoy, Benay; "Mycelium-Based Bio-Composites For Architecture: Assessing the Effects of Cultivation Factors on Compressive Strength", p-505-514. In: Proceedings of 37 eCAADe and XXIII SIGraDi Joint Conference, “Architecture in the Age of the 4Th Industrial Revolution”, Porto 2019, Sousa, José Pedro; Henriques, Gonçalo Castro; Xavier, João Pedro (eds.). São Paulo: Blucher, 2019.
ISSN 23186968, DOI 10.5151/proceedings-ecaadesigradi2019_465