{"id":53,"date":"2023-01-30T10:58:30","date_gmt":"2023-01-30T10:58:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelivingcities.com\/?p=53"},"modified":"2023-01-31T07:52:11","modified_gmt":"2023-01-31T07:52:11","slug":"https-www-archdaily-com-520763-arup-engineers-explain-how-the-moma-ps1-yap-winners-grew-ten-thousand-mushroom-bricks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thelivingcities.com\/index.php\/2023\/01\/30\/https-www-archdaily-com-520763-arup-engineers-explain-how-the-moma-ps1-yap-winners-grew-ten-thousand-mushroom-bricks\/","title":{"rendered":"Build a Tower made of Mushroom Bricks"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thelivingnewyork.com\/?utm_medium=website&amp;utm_source=archdaily.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Living<\/a>&#8216;s David Benjamin<\/em> for MoMA PS1\u2019s&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/momaps1.org\/yap\/?utm_medium=website&amp;utm_source=archdaily.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Young Architects Program<\/a>&nbsp;competition 2014<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"957\" height=\"710\" src=\"http:\/\/thelivingcities.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Mushroom-tower-1-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-55\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thelivingcities.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Mushroom-tower-1-1.png 957w, https:\/\/thelivingcities.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Mushroom-tower-1-1-300x223.png 300w, https:\/\/thelivingcities.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Mushroom-tower-1-1-768x570.png 768w, https:\/\/thelivingcities.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Mushroom-tower-1-1-676x502.png 676w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 957px) 100vw, 957px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photo from Archdaily.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>You can read more about this on the extensive coverage of the usual suspects below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-layout-1 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.archdaily.com\/520763\/arup-engineers-explain-how-the-moma-ps1-yap-winners-grew-ten-thousand-mushroom-bricks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Archdaily<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/architecture\/hy-fi-the-living-david-benjamin-moma-ps1-young-architects-program-2014-07-01-2014\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Designboom<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dezeen.com\/2014\/07\/01\/tower-of-grown-bio-bricks-by-the-living-opens-at-moma-ps1-gallery\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Dezeen<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Living&#8216;s David Benjamin for MoMA PS1\u2019s&nbsp;Young Architects Program&nbsp;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. 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