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’Interwoven structures’ is a project which encourages root (and mycelium) growth and which sees the entangled behaviour of growing and human-made structures as highly beneficial. The weave is a starting technique, which creates a base structure of nutrients combined with either seeds or mycelium. Through time and the process of self-feeding, the roots would expand, become stronger and take over the structural role of the woven elements. In the case of mycelium, the woven joints would merge and through the growth of mycelium gain structural qualities. These growing bodies can initially serve as a living habitat and flood absorbents while transforming into a source of material for a new urban fabric.
The cotton strips, which are placed in the interior of the weave, absorb water and distribute it throughout its structure, while the roots feed and grow from them. Such living bodies could become urban sponges and later grow into structural forms.
Through the technology of AI, these moving images portray roots shaping into spatial elements.
Often tree canopies can reveal what underground networks might look like. A dense system of bodies entangling our environment. In the urban setting, however, the power of roots is rather undervalued.
Cotton wrapped around mycelium and substrate allows for weaving of mycelium to take place. In this case, the supporting volume is a glass bowl which determines the shape of this element.
One of the models from the mycelium bowls series.