ForMat Lab members receive the 2021 AIA Upjohn Research Initiative Grant for mycelium structural research

Principal Investigators: Benay Gürsoy (PI), John Pecchia, Ali Ghazvinian
Collaborators: Alale Mohseni, Natalie Walter

Interest from the architecture community in the sustainable features of mycelium-based materials is growing. As a collaboration among architecture, mushroom science, and computational design, this interdisciplinary research project aims to design and build two large-scale structures, MycoCreateII and MycoPrint, to study the use of mycelium-based composites as a load-bearing material. MycoCreateII will be a fully biodegradable funicular structure with load-bearing components made of mycelium-based composites. MycoPrint will be a shell structure with 3D-printed mycelium-based components cultivated on cardboard and paper waste.