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2023_AI_MA_MAAHSEN Lisa_MAIA Thesis 2023_NACHBEARBEITUNG.pdf
Master thesis

A biological comeback in architecture : the relationship between inhabitants and grown domestic environments with living mycelium as a building material

SONAR|HES-SO

  • Genève : Haute école d'art et de design de Genève

79 pages

Master of Arts HES-SO en Architecture d'intérieur: Haute école d'art et de design de Genève, 2023

Architecture
Mycelium
Eco-friendly
Ecology
Biology
HEAD-Genève
Design d'espace
Architecture d'intérieur
English After decades of exhausting the available resources on Earth, the field of architecture is constantly seeking novel, innovative alternatives to create a more sustainable and environmentally friendly building industry. With the growing interest in bringing biological structures back into architecture, the potential of using living organisms has emerged. Mycelium, the root system of fungi, has proven to provide beneficial characteristics for a foundation as a building material. Implementing living mycelium into domestic environments proposes a significant shift from the current understanding of a home. The relationship between inhabitants and domesticity evolves into a symbiotic connection with a higher level of care and empathy. While architects are still facing significant challenges in the process of growing buildings, it brings the opportunity to rethink the typologies of architecture fundamentally. This thesis analyzes the novel association between living mycelium and humans in a domestic environment within different contexts.
Language
  • English
Notes
  • Haute école d'art et de design de Genève
  • Design d'espace
  • Architecture d'intérieur
  • hesso:head
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