Growing Building Insulation from Mushroom Roots
Chapter 1

Ancient wisdom and ancestral cooling

Chapter 2

Growing our homes from the ground up

Chapter 3

The high-tech skin of modern skyscrapers

Chapter 4

Working with water and waste

Chapter 5

Designing for a changing climate

YOUR GOAL

Master of The secret life of buildings that breathe

Ch 2 · Growing our homes from the ground up
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007skaty Builders grow eco-friendly insulation using living mushroom roots

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007skaty Mycelium Architecture

Grow it up, grow it up! These mushroom walls are growing up!

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The resources we need to sustain ourselves are usually right where we stand.

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007skaty Modern builders are reviving the ancient technique of rammed earth walls.

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Growing insulation out of mushroom roots

007skaty Growing lightweight mycelium bricks from agricultural waste in five days creates fully biodegradable building materials with excellent thermal

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The modern revival of rammed earth walls

007skaty Glowing digital blueprints analyze the thick clay walls of Gando Primary School.

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Root to Roof
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007skaty Place green building materials from root to roof to discover how sustainable homes work.

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Fun Fact

Fast-growing bamboo: Some species of bamboo can grow up to 91 centimeters in a single day, making it one of the fastest-renewing building materials on Earth.

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Glossary
mycelium (noun)
The vegetative part of a fungus, consisting of a network of thread-like filaments. In 2014, designers built a thirteen-meter tower at MoMA PS1 using compostable mycelium bricks.

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Gossip

Would you feel safe living in a high-rise made entirely of wood?

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Quiz

Who designed the award-winning, climate-smart Gando Primary School in Burkina Faso?

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007skaty Architects build large structures with native Guadua bamboo in the Colombian Andes

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In which country stands the 85.4-meter-tall mass timber tower called Mjøstårnet?

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007skaty Structural timber provides lightweight strength for building massive modern towers.

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Why is Guadua bamboo often referred to by architects as "vegetable steel"?

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What is the primary material used to build the Gando Primary School in Burkina Faso?

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What part of a mushroom is grown to create biodegradable "Hy-Fi" bricks?

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Which Colombian architect is famous for using Guadua bamboo in large-scale modern pavilions?

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What major greenhouse gas do mass timber buildings lock away inside their structures?

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How many days does it take to grow a standard organic mycelium building brick?

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