In 2019, a temporary pavilion was grown from mycelium as part of Dutch Design Week. The pop-up events space, called the Growing Pavilion, featured mushroom mycelium panels within a timber frame. The all-natural construction also used a reed flooring and had benches made from agricultural waste.
Mushrooms from the panels were harvested every afternoon and used in food that attendees could buy at the site.
The Growing Pavilion was designed by artist Pascal Leboucq, who has experimented with bio-based materials for a number of years, alongside Krown Design, which specialises in making sustainable household products from fungus and biomass. Although the structure in Eindhoven was temporary, Leboucq and Krown are working on a more permanent version that could last for many years.
The mycelium panels have the advantage of being light and naturally sound- and temperature-insulating. They can also be reused, and are coated with a natural waterproofing product imported from Mexico that was first developed by the Incas.
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In 2019, a temporary pavilion was grown from mycelium as part of Dutch Design Week. The pop-up events space, called the Growing Pavilion, featured mushroom mycelium panels within a timber frame. The all-natural construction also used a reed flooring and had benches made from agricultural waste.
Mushrooms from the panels were harvested every afternoon and used in food that attendees could buy at the site.
The Growing Pavilion was designed by artist Pascal Leboucq, who has experimented with bio-based materials for a number of years, alongside Krown Design, which specialises in making sustainable household products from fungus and biomass. Although the structure in Eindhoven was temporary, Leboucq and Krown are working on a more permanent version that could last for many years.
The mycelium panels have the advantage of being light and naturally sound- and temperature-insulating. They can also be reused, and are coated with a natural waterproofing product imported from Mexico that was first developed by the Incas.