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Hemp structure – Gradient
A non-uniform hemp pattern let the mycelium to grow by a gradient of density.
Hemp structure – Walls
Tests aim to explore system behaviours on a different hemp arrangement. Two kinds of “walls” follow the hemp bending.
Sequential operations
- design and lasercut the plexi structure: plexiglass, diameter 95mm, thickness 2mm (thanks to MakeInBo)
- build hemp structures: distance between plates 85/50mm
- put the structure in a glass jar with some ml of water
- autoclave, 121°C – 20′
- (bio)plastic #2.1.2 spread on fibers
- inoculate with POS1 – Pleurotus Ostreatus
- growth in a dark room at 22.5°C for 18 days
Sample: #3.2.1 _ Simmetric Wall
Sample: #3.2.2 _ aSimmetric Wall
bio-analogic computation
Mycelium is a living agent-system. The hemp fiber structure built here connects two plexiglass plates and It provides a good substrate to mycelium growth. Result shows a redundant and hyper connected system: a fibrous composite material made of (and by) mycelium.
Sequential operations
- design and lasercut plates: plexiglass, diameter 75/88 mm, thickness 3mm (thanks to MakeInBo)
- build hemp structures: distance between plates 15cm
- put the structure in a glass jar with some ml of water
- autoclave, 121°C – 20′
- (bio)plastic #2.1.2 spread on fibers
- inoculate with POS1 – Pleurotus Ostreatus (5 infected wheat grains)
- growth in a dark room at 22.5°C for 12 days > image
Sample #3.1.1 – bio-analogic computation _ mycelium tectonics
Hemp structure – benchmark
After latest and satisfying inVitro results (1, 2), some simple structures eneble the possibility to investigate the 3th dimension. These “benchmark” are a kind of analogic computation to understend and finally explore mycelium tectonics, architecturally speaking.
Sequential operations
- design and lasercut the wood structure: poplar, diameter 60mm, thickness 4mm (thanks to MakeInBo)
- build hemp structures: distance between plates 10cm
- 24h in water (this step involved fiber bending and volume reduction)
- autoclave, 121°C – 20′
- (bio)plastic #2.1.2 spread on fibers > image
- inoculate with POS1 – Pleurotus Ostreatus (one infected wheat grain)
- put the structure in a glass jar with some ml of water to ensure humidity > image
- growth in a dark room at 22.5°C for 16 days > image
#3.0.1B – “gravity”
#3.0.2B – “double plate linear”
#3.0.3B – “double plate open”
#3.0.4B – “double plate bend&torsion”
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Pleurotus & Fiber & (bio)Plastic
A test to explore mycelium behaviours on a substrate made by hemp fiber and (bio)Plastic. Once Pleurotus is sufficiently grown, petri capsula was opened to let it air-dry.
Results show an high tensile strength fibrous composite.
(bio)plastic recipe: #2.1
mycelium: POS 1 _ Pleurotus Ostreatus
(bio)plastic benchmark
These tests aim to understand if starch plastic could be a good substrate for micelia. After a lot of experiments, finally I found the plastic that has the right consistency to be spread on fiber.
(bio)plastic recipe: #2.1
85% H20
6% Starch
4% Carboxymethyl cellulose sodium salt
3% Glycerol
2% PDA – potato dextrose agar
0.1% Ammonium Acetate
Micelia used for the test:
POS 1 _ pleurotus ostreatus
GLU 2 _ ganoderma lucidum
GLU 16 _ ganoderma lucidum
Recipe #2.1 after 4 days and 8 days:
