ARCH 7010 Design Studio Portfolio
FUNGI WONDERLAND Design Studio 7 Ecstatic Fields
Emma Huang 19050346
Tutors: Joel Chappell,Declan Molloy, Louise Cann, Xana Murrell, Robyn Thurston, Dougal Sadler
CONTENT WEEK0 - WEEK2 Collages Exercise
WEEK3 - WEEK5
Materials Explore Handheld1 Model Making
WEEK6 - WEEK7
Handheld2 Digital Encounter
WEEK8 - WEEK9 MDF Tile Making
WEEK10 - WEEK12
Poche Exercise Mycelium Research and Experiment Handheld Model Section Drawing
WEEK0 - WEEK2 Collages Exercise Use the specified Ecstatic Collision word pairs as instruction to create the collision collages with different images and think about how different substances connect and collide with each other
Explosive Apocalypse
"New life exploding from dead but also eroding the dead. Eroded and Destroyed could be reassembled into a new state."
Hard Death Hard substances interlock with the soft substances and erode each other
"Fungi eat death, and in doing so, create new life for next stage"
Skull
Soft Life Fungi
WEEK3 - WEEK4 Materials Explore Handheld1 Models Making Choose materials for experiments based on the concepts from the collages. Ideas and materials collide with each other and metamorphosis happened. New form might be made
Material Experiment
Plaster
Try to get a rough surface from the hard shell
Mesh Wire Fabric
Plaster
Base layer is very weak and unstable
Powder 3D Printing Experiment
By using 3D printing technology to create a sturdy and reproducible hard shell as the model base layer
The light pass through the openings with different scales in the hard shell and projected shadow on the inner surface. It is defining the solid and void
Texture Experiment
Tissue Paper With Resin Plaster
Cast the tissue paper with resin plaster to recreate the rough textured surface and represent the feeling of decay and death
Powder
FDM Plastic 3D Printing Experiment
The shiny and smooth characteristics of transparent plastic and the rough texture of resin plaster create the material contrast
The process from rough to smooth and then disappearing into the dark
The erosion is spreading from the ground to the handheld model and the disappearing of light shows the surface are covered by the eroded substances
WEEK5
Handheld1 Models Making Rethink the concept of erosion, what makes the model become incompleted and reassembled
The Broken Pieces Could Be Reassembled into a New State Breakdown the model and interlock with the broken pieces to cherish the imperfect and redefine the concept of the new life exploding from the death
The Light collides with material, perfect light reflect on the broken pieces
WEEK6 - WEEK7
Handheld2 Digital Encounter 3D scan the handheld scale objects in digital, collide with each other and think about how they connect and meet
Digital Encounter
The cactus and pumpkin as the elements from nature. They collide and combine together
The cactus is like an intruder to entangled with the pumpkin and then attach and grow on the pumpkin to create the new surface
WEEK8 - WEEK9 MDF Tile Making
How drawings & Handhelds can be derived from work. Develop digital model of Tile and how will it become a base to allow the light pass through and interact with the handheld model
Ideas For The Tile
Use dense network texture from the fungi as a medium for light to pass through, The light will pass through the contour line from the center and spread around the tile
The contour line idea come from the tissue paper object, 3D scanned the object in digital to get the outline
Handheld Models Collide With Each Other On The Tile
The light is interspersed between the models through dense network. The dense network symbolizes the erosion and spread of new life
WEEK10- WEEK12 POCHE
Use the digital handheld model to explore the possibilities. The poche wall section creates an experience throughout the structure and void
Poche Exercise
Experience the space through changing of section plane. The erosion is happening over time. The space keep collapsing under erosion. How to survive from the apocalypse?
WEEK10- WEEK12
Mycelium Research and Experiment Pose a strong emphasis on the importance of thoroughly understanding the essential complementarity between the notions of life and death as a whole, the Mycelium is conceived as a tool/method enabling to turn inanimate, synthetic objects into living entities
Mycelium is the fast-growing, vegetative part of fungi, consisting of a tight network of interconnected filamentous cells, called hyphae. Thanks to such structure, the mycelium is capable of harvesting, transforming and re-distributing nutrients, both for his own benefit (mushroom growth) and for the larger ecosystem.
Threads of mycelium spreading across the surface of a dead or dying tree, where the bark has fallen away and patch of mycelium spread on the wood, with Mycelium threads growing out in every direction in search of food.
Extract Mycelium Experiment 1: Extract Mycelium From Oyster Mushrooms Use the wood chips as the main nutrient for growing the mushrooms
Experimental parameters Temperature: 24 - 27°C Humidity: 60-80% Fresh Air Exchanges: Exposed to the air Light requirement: No
Day 6
Day 12
The mushroom is simply the fruit of mycelium, so in this experiment I try to extract mycelium by growing mushrooms, but the mycelium that grows from wood chips has not been controlled. Also, the yield of mycelium is not enough for the further experiment
Extract Mycelium Experiment 2: Use The Torn Oyster Mushroom With Wet Cardboard
Sterilising cardboard with hot water
Experimental parameters Temperature: 24 - 27°C Humidity: 60-80% Fresh Air Exchanges: 1 Time / per day Light requirement: Dark environment
Separating the cardboard layers
Using torn Oyster Mushroom as mycelium source
Layering moist cardboard with torn mushroom
During the mycelium growing period, no nutrients and water was given, the growth of mycelium rely on the wet cardboard only
Results After 3 Weeks
The mycelium grows successfully and completely covered the existing wet cardboard surface
The Growing Environment In The Glass Box
The moisture in the glass box comes from wet cardboard, it is also the nutrient of mycelium
Extract Mycelium Experiment 3: Growth On Agar
Day 0
Experimental parameters Temperature: 24 - 27°C Humidity: 60-80% Fresh Air Exchanges: 1 Time / 1~2 day Light requirement: Dark environment
Day 6
Day 12
By using different mycelium growing materials and transfer them to building materials in order to observe which method grows mycelium more successful in attaching and changing materials
Testing The Tile In Rhino
Green area shows the location of the mycelium first planted
Study the possibilities of mycelium growing and covering the builing facade by testing on different tiles
Clay Printing Tile
Prepare the clay tiles for the experiments of the mycelium growth on building materials in 1:1 scale
Transfer The Agar Mycelium To The Clay Tile
Experimental parameters Temperature: 24 - 27°C Humidity: 60-80% Fresh Air Exchanges: 1 Time / 1~2 day Light requirement: Dark environment
Mycelium first grow in the agar plate. After that, Mycelium with agar pieces are transferred to the clay tiles. In this experiment, the agar would be the main sources of nutrients for the mycelium.
WEEK10- WEEK12 Case Study Infusing life in dead, toxic, eternal matters, enabling processes of cyclical dissolution
Injecting Life In a Dead Everlasting Object: Plastic Chair
The mycelium wool cover on the chair surface for supporting the life and growth of the fungus, providing nutrient grounds and conditions favouring the mycelium steady expansion and the related transfer on the plastic material, for its overall colonisation, transformation and final dissolution
Once the plastic chair is fully colonised, it can be placing it in the garden or literally burying it in the ground
Growing Architecture - Pavilion Grown From Mycelium
The mushrooms growing in the panel frames were harvested every day The Growing Pavilion is a temporary events space at Dutch Design Week constructed with panels grown from mushroom mycelium supported on a timber frame. The outer panels were grown from mushrooms, with the mycelium in the roots providing strength and the panels were attached to a timber frame, and can be removed and repurposed as necessary.
Mycelium Tectonics Composite With Hemp Fiber Mycelium is a living agent-system in the project. The hemp fiber structure built here connects two plexiglass plates and It provides a good substrate to mycelium growth. Result shows a success composite material made of (and by) mycelium
The project is try to understand how mycelium growth can be influenced and guided to evaluate its role as construction, decomposition or re-assimilation material
WEEK10- WEEK12 The Fungi Wonderland The project of Fungi Wonderland by using the fungi as the main research material to explore the technology and methods behind the potential uses of mycelium. Mycelium apart from other materials is its ability to regenerate at a quick rate and attach on different surface to form a new space, the designed to welcome their new natural state by mycelium. M y c e l i u m i s g r o w i n g e v e r y w h e r e i n the building, it allows the fungi lovers to re-establish connection to the natural world and to be in the wonderland.
Alice In The Wonderland - A Tiny Door To Another World
"Once Alice falls through the rabbit-hole into Wonderland, the reality that surrounds her undergoes profound change. The wonderland presents with visual portrayals of fantastic inversion and alterations of perspective and relative size" The contrast from tiny, dark environment to the open space crea t e f e e l i n g o f s u r p r i s e a n d e x c i t e d t o t h e u n k n o w n
WEEK10- WEEK12 Handheld Model Section Drawing Use hand drawing to capture the light and shadow in the model. Define the hidden space and void in sections
Handheld Model Drawing - Plan Section A
Section B
Handmade Handheld Drawing - Section
Section A
Section B
Handmade Handheld Drawing - Detail
F u n g i f e e d o n d e a d o r g a n i c m a t ter and act as nature’s recycling machinery The floor, the wall, the stair form by mycelium and changing its state over the time
References https://www.corpuscoli.com/projects/the-ephemeral-icon/ https://www.dezeen.com/2019/10/29/growing-pavilion-mycelium-dutch-design-week/ http://mycelium-tectonics.com/category/news/
https://kanika-khanna.com/mycelium-architecture/ https://www.dezeen.com/2017/06/20/aleksi-vesaluoma-mushroom-mycelium-structure-shows-potential-zero-waste-architecture/