Mycelium-based materials at IDC
Team: 1
Team members: Basil Bataille, Maité Priëels, Casper Van Herzele
Coach: Jasper, jasper@glimps.bio (GLIMPS) + UGent (Francesca)
Challenge: GIY (grow it yourself) mycelium-based materials are getting more and more implemented in the design field. Nevertheless, many challenges remain open, for example:
How can we introduce this knowledge in our IO curriculum?
How should the prototyping and use of mycelium-based materials be organised in a design atelier?
How can we engage different stakeholders and actors in this mission? How can we make this a self-sustainable system?
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Starter kit includes:
Bags with spawns (by Mycelia)
Autoclave bags + autoclave tape
Different substrates (coffee, wood chips, fibers, etc.)
Infrastructure needed:
Autoclave (BioFabLab at IDC)
Laminar flow (BioFabLab at IDC)
Incubator (BioFabLab at IDC)
Drier (Composites lab at IDC)
Pots and small utensils
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