The proposal’s main theme focused around a central idea of reusing society’s waste as a raw material for creating zero-carbon construction materials. Using Mycelium, the white filament cells which constitute the root structure of fungi, digests organic and synthetic waste, binding it together into a new construction material. With 66.2 million tonnes of construction waste being produced annually in the UK, this solution investigates potential methods of harnessing this superfluous waste as a raw material.
Located within the abandoned railway tunnels of Glasgow, the design investigates an approach to Climate Change, proposing a solution which addresses the environmental impact of our architectural legacy. It does so by redefining the manufacturing process of carbon-rich materials, using bioremediation as a carbon neutral alternative.
