Rhizo(M)atic Research

Rhizo[M]atic

Testing Printed mycelium Torre Baro- Energy District Prof. Claudia Pescuero Prof. Carmelo Zappulla Institute for advanced architecture of Catalonia

BARCELONA

Team

Ran Shabtay Neel Kaul Saad Shareen Jayant Khanuja

Mycofiltration Consumed the E. coliform, effectively eliminating them from the environment Remove contaminants from polluted environments In 2014, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland reported an 80% recovery of gold from electronic waste using mycofiltration techniques Inhibit Plasmodium falciparum, a parasite that causes the most dangerous type of malaria infection Prevent erosion due to water runoff.

Growing Mycellium

Day #1

Hardness

Hardness

Hardness

Hardness

Flexability

Flexability

Flexability

Flexability

Density

Density

Density

Density

Mycellium + Coffee

Mycellium + Gellatin

Mycellium + Honey

Mycellium + Corn Starch

Day #3

Hardness

Hardness

Hardness

Hardness

Flexability

Flexability

Flexability

Flexability

Density

Density

Density

Density

Mycellium + Coffee

Mycellium + Gellatin

Mycellium + Honey

Mycellium + Corn Starch

Day #7

Hardness

Hardness

Hardness

Hardness

Flexability

Flexability

Flexability

Flexability

Density

Density

Density

Density

Mycellium + Coffee

Mycellium + Gellatin

Mycellium + Honey

Mycellium + Corn Starch

Agar+Tap Water

Growth Test #2_Cells

Agar+Distilled Water

Agar prepared in petri dishes

Petri dish after 2 weeks

Cardboard Tests

Week_2

Week_1

Mycelium mixed with substratum

Mycelium

Rice

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Manual extrusion

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Spraying Tests

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Kuka 3d printing Tests

Mixing mycelium with rice strach

60ml mixture in extruder

Day #7

Day #10

Day #12

Manual 3d Printing

Results_day#1

Molding

Day_8

Results

Day_5

Day_3

Day_8

Results

Day_5

Day_3

Result_Day#3

Spraying Tests

Day #1

Day #7

Site

Topography

Green Density

Built Enviroment

Max

Min

Wind Exposer

Site

Facade System

Can be changed in real time in the design phase Usable, liveable spaces Can adapet itself to different structures The density veries for each element

Facade Printing Using KUKA

1 Month

Growing Process

6 Month

12 Month

Prototype

Rain Falls From the Sky

Gets into the cells

Mycelium Clears the water

Water gets clean

Prototype#2_The system

Top View

Plastic Covers

Myselium

Bottom Glass Surface

One Cell System

Front View

RCC Parapet wall

C section anchord to the RCC wall

Terrace

Sleeve

Myselyum System

Detail

Multiple Cells System

12cm

60 cm

1 Liter system

In order to contain more water the Prototype is not parallel to the facade

Facade system

Blaket System