The Living‘s David Benjamin for MoMA PS1’s Young Architects Program competition 2014
Arup engineers explain how they used mushroom bricks to grow 10,000 bricks for MoMA PS1 YAP winners. The bricks were grown using mycelium, the vegetative part of mushrooms, as a binding agent to bind together agricultural waste products such as straw and sawdust. The process is sustainable and environmentally friendly as it diverts waste from landfills and reduces the carbon footprint of traditional brick production methods.
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