Synthetic Hypha Garden

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SYNTHETIC HYPHA GARDEN Jana Schwarz Viviane Lau Leonie Thaler


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Ioud Synthetic Landscape Lab Univerity of Innbruck Chair Prof. Dr. Claudia Pasquero Supervisor: Maria Kuptsova Project of Viviane Lau, Leonie Thaler, Jana Schwarz


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Contents Introduction Research Location

Synthetic Hypha Garden I Overview Close Ups Fruiting Bodies Dried Mycelium

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1. Catalog, Terrain Slope

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2. Catalog, Solar Radiation

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3. Catalog, Erosion Model

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4. Catalog, vvvv DEM alterations

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5. Catalog, vvvv Mycelium Fibers alterations

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6. Catalog, vvvv Erosion Iteration36 alterations

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7. Catalog, vvvv 2x2 km Erosion alterations

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8. Catalog, StyleGun Dataset

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Synthetic Hypha Garden II

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3D Print Synthetic hypha garden

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Conclusion

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Introduction A structure that overlives nearly every species on our planet, a mysterium, unable to put into the early learned categories: animals - plants - humans. A whole new world that opens up when you start to dig deeper into this species. The mycelium. Long branching structures that are able to eat through stone, have a memory, are able to communicate and work as the network of the forest so called “wood wide web”. Collectively called “mycelium”, singularly called “hypha” the powerbranches are mainly out of chitin.


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Research Location Obernberger Lake, Tyrol, Austria 46,991726° N, 11,403803° E 1590 m a.s.l.


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Orthophoto Obernberger Lake

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Synthetic Hypha Garden I Inside of a bucket, filled with pultry dung and straw, the first observations of mycelium growth were made.


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Overview

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Day 61

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Close Ups

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Fruiting Bodies


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Dried Mycelium


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1. Catalog Terrainslope These drawings on the left are showing the similarities between Synthetic Hypha Garden I, Day 49

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micro and macro scale. The structure of every drawing has similarities to the homegrown mycelium, besides the fact that the scale is a lot bigger between one to one and five to five kilometers, as well as the following catalog about the terrainslope.

Software: QGIS

QGIS - DEM

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1x1 km

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2. Catalog Solar Radiation Mushrooms prefer mild climates without freezing temperatures. The Solar Radiation at the Obernberger Lake divided into the whole year and the four seasons helps to understand the growth of mycelium and the outcome of its fruiting bodies.

Software: QGIS


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solar radiation - spring

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solar radiation - summer

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solar radiation - autumn

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solar radiation - winter

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0h >0-1h >1-2h >2-3h >4-5h >5-6h >6-7h >7-8h >8-9h >9-10h >10-11h >11-12h >12-13h >13-14h >14-15h >15h >3-4h

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solar radiation - summary of the whole year


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3. Catalog Erosion Model Mycelium helps to prevent erosions and is therefore a very important part of the ecosystem of the forest.

Software: Houdini / Rhino 7


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Iteration 24

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Iteration 28

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Iteration 32

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Iteration 36

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erosion with material

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Input drawing

4. Catalog vvvv DEM alterations The DEM drawing is gradually changed and formed into mycelium-like structures.

Software: vvvv gamma

QGIS - DEM

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CATALOG OVERVIEW


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Output 2

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Input drawing

5. Catalog vvvv Mycelium Fibers alterations The picture of the mycelium is gradually changed and formed into new mycelium-like structures.

Software: vvvv gamma

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CATALOG OVERVIEW


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Input drawing

6. Catalog vvvv Erosion Iteration36 alterations The Erosion Iteration36 is gradually changed and formed into mycelium-like structures.

Software: vvvv gamma

Erosion Iteration36

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CATALOG OVERVIEW


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Output 1

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Input drawing

7. Catalog vvvv 2x2 km Erosion alterations The 2x2 km Erosion drwaing is gradually changed and formed into mycelium-like structures.

Software: vvvv gamma

Erosion Iteration36

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CATALOG OVERVIEW


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Output 1

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Output 3

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Output 5

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8. Catalog StyleGun Dataset The previewed VVVV Gamma drawings dataset was enlarged with the help of Google Collab Notebook “StyleGun Generate”. By improving the dataset, the maximum quality of the drawing and its complex structure was reached. This formed the basis for the next steps.

Software: StyleGun Generate


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Synthetic Hypha Garden II A pointcloud, generated out of the gained datasets builds the base of a new experiment.

Software: Grasshopper for Rhino

Pointcloud


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3D Print The pointcloud was 3D printed out of a wood and PLA mixture. In order to gain a mold for a synthetic hypha garden, the print was splitted into cap and base.


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3D Print Model

Closeup Model

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3D Print Cap

Closeup Model

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Synthetic hypha garden The mold was filled with a mixture of coffee grounds, sawdust and oyster mushroom spawn.

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Conclusion Hacking the system of mycelium, changing and evolving the structure can create plenty of different forms, a bright variety of designs and fascinating patterns can be found or even made. Growing mycelium takes time but is an impressive journey. The final experiment is still in the growth process and keeps up with the curiousity about its outcome. Mycelium growth can be hacked, transformed into a synthetic garden, but is still an organism with it's own mind. This can be taken word by word.



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