Jonathan Dessi-Olive

Designing Mycelium: Exploring the Design Potential of Fungi Book With a foreword by Giuliana Furci 25 Authors, 460 Pages, 384 Color Illustrations A silent, sprawling web, mycelium permeates the soil beneath our feet, anchoring the world with stubborn resilience. It is now entering design, architecture, and our built environments with the promise of a new regenerative and grown aesthetic This book brings together artists, designers, architects, and thinkers who are discovering new ways of working with this living organism. It is an exploration of negotiations, experimentation, and craft as we re-imagine the designer's role and material agency. This book looks at ways of revitalizing damaged ecologies across scales and offers new ways of making for a world beyond extraction. The practices featured in this book are those of care, exemplifying ways to reconnect with our humanity through metabolism and decomposition while serving needs beyond our own.  @format.lab @pusurkusur @aghazlab @dcupk @atelier_rosenkrantz @wild.futures_lab @nataliapiorecka @nyantaliee @philayres_dk @come_dimeglio @studiocartier @munchment @mylea_mycl @biomatters.llc @jonasedvardstudio @giulifungi @redhousestudioarchitecture @biolab_studio @allison_yoon @nataliapiorecka @nyantaliee @jdessiolive @mycomatterslab @karefullee @karefullee @lynne.f.campbell @tulanearch @cltarchitecture @routledgearchitecture @beckettlab @otelhan /Designing-Mycelium-Exploring-the-Design-Potential-of-Fungi/Crawford-Dessi-Olive/p/book/9781041048213

2023: Phoenix is a building-scale installation that demonstrated we can grow building retrofits that improve the quality and performance of existing buildings. In the production of Phoenix, we demonstrated an integrated computational methodology that included the use of FEA simulation, and AR to validate design and aid assembly. From our acoustic simulations we observed the potential to leverage these technologies as a means of growing retrofit installations that are specific and customized to the acoustical and aesthetic needs of a space for various situations such as music or speech. Spatial mappings (see image 2) show that in the large room, areas under Phoenix exhibit reduced reverberation time, heightened clarity, and better speech intelligibility, while areas not under the Phoenix suffer from poorer acoustics. . . . #mycelium #fungi #myceliumarchitecture #mycotecture #mycoarchitecture #myceliumtechnology #biotechnology #myceliumdesign #myceliumstructures #mycostructure #fantasticfungi #sustainability #sustainabledesign #sustainableart #biomaterials #biodesign #biofabricate #biofabrication #bioarchitecture #bioengineering #acoustic #architecturalacoustics #mycomatters #hangdry #mycosheets

2023: PHOENIX is a building-scale acoustical retrofitting sculpture made of myco-materials that addresses the issue of short building lifespans and unsustainable landfilling. Comprised of lightweight hanging myco-sheets), Phoenix was designed to improve the acoustics of a large space used for events such as art exhibitions, musical performances and lectures. . . . #mycelium #mycology #mycotecture #mycoarchitecture #mycotech #biotechnology #mycodesign #fantasticfungi #biofab #biofabrication #biomaterialresearch #biodesign #acoustic #architecturalacoustics #hangdry #mycosheets

2023: PHOENIX is hanging acoustical sculpture made entirely out mycelium composite materials. Composed of 16 meandering myco-sheets, each with their own unique length and shape. The interplay of layers in Phoenix creates a playful dance of light and shadow, while the use of fungi-based materials permeates the space with a soft and ethereal ambiance, elevating and softening the acoustics. Phoenix demonstrates a novel fabrication technique developed by the MycoMatters Lab that introduces expressive three-dimensional curvatures into flat myco-material sheets by hanging them from precise support points, bending them while alive and gelatinous, and drying them in place. The technique is advantageous because it permits myco-materials to take forms otherwise inefficient or not possible using casting or formwork-based approaches. Each sheet was hand crafted, cultivated, and shaped with the guidance of an augmented reality (AR) headset with @fologm , which helped translate complex digitally-generated geometries into physical materials without the need for arduous measuring. . Project Team: Omid Oliyan @omidstrace , Jonathan Dessi-Olive @jdessiolive , Rebecca Buntrock @boxytron , Nat Oppenheimer @oppenheimer.nat , Namita Modi @nmodi333 , and Dennis Wedlick @denniswedlick . . MYCOMATTERS LAB Assistants: Bryan Campbell, Nirvana Kimiyaie @nirvanakimiyaie , and Kimari Parker. . Installed @charlotteartleague . Cultivated using our trusty favorite living material from @ecovative @grow.bio . . . #mycelium #fungi #myceliumarchitecture #mycotecture #mycoarchitecture #myceliumtechnology #mycotechnology #myceliumdesign #mycodesign #myceliumart #mycoart #myceliumstructures #mycostructure #mycofabrication #fantasticfungi #sustainabledesign #sustainableart #biomaterials #biofab #biofabricate #biofabrication #bioarchitecture #bioengineering #mycomatters #hangdry #mycosheets

2022: “One Standup Toupee” was a hang-dry improvisation and the Lab’s first experience forming a more than 4-meter long myco-sheet. As with our other assays in this series, the sculpture is a product of us learning the limits of mycelium composite materials. One Standing Toupee is photographed handsomely outside of @charlotteartleague . . . #mycelium #fungi #myceliumarchitecture #mycotecture #mycoarchitecture #myceliumtechnology #mycotechnology #myceliumdesign #mycodesign #myceliumart #mycoart #myceliumstructures #mycostructure #mycofabrication #fantasticfungi #sustainabledesign #sustainableart #biomaterials #biofab #biofabricate #biofabrication #bioarchitecture #bioengineering #mycomatters #hangdry #mycosheets

2022: “Il Tre Collari” - three mycelium sheets formed into whimsically oversized cloak collars by hanging and drying. Like any other craft, working with myco-materials requires practice. These one-sheet assays sought to introduce predictable curvatures to living rectangular myco-sheets. These byproducts of myco-fabrication training are photographed outside of @charlotteartleague . . . #mycelium #fungi #myceliumarchitecture #mycotecture #mycoarchitecture #myceliumtechnology #mycotechnology #myceliumdesign #mycodesign #myceliumart #mycoart #myceliumstructures #mycostructure #mycofabrication #fantasticfungi #sustainabledesign #sustainableart #biomaterials #biofab #biofabricate #biofabrication #bioarchitecture #bioengineering #mycomatters #hangdry #mycosheets

2022: The mini “swerving arch” was a one-sheet assay using our hang-dry methods in a new context and with a new group of students. In Summer 2022 the MycoMatters Lab relocated to the Ravin School of Architecture @cltarchitecture @clt_coaa @unccharlotte . Although it was a mere training exercise for students, the sculptural sheet was discretely placed in Charlotte where it remained a surprise folly for those who noticed it, until it returned to the soil. Education and craft with zero waste! . . . #mycelium #fungi #myceliumarchitecture #mycotecture #mycoarchitecture #myceliumtechnology #mycotechnology #myceliumdesign #mycodesign #myceliumart #mycoart #myceliumstructures #mycostructure #mycofabrication #fantasticfungi #sustainabledesign #sustainableart #biomaterials #biofab #biofabricate #biofabrication #bioarchitecture #bioengineering #mycomatters #hangdry #mycosheets

Process shot of @apdesignkstate students weaving and packing the Myco-Column. The cellulosic woven exoskeleton eliminated formwork waste, serving as an “edible” stay-in-place formwork and giving the whole structure extra strength and rigidity. Grown in Spring 2021 during the #mycomatters seminar. Powered by @ecovative technology. Thanks for helping our students imagine and grow building systems of the future! . . . #mycelium #fungi #myceliumarchitecture #myceliumtechnology #myceliumdesign #myceliumart #myceliumstructures #fantasticfungi #sustainabledesign #sustainableart #biomaterials #biofab #biofabricate #biofabrication #bioarchitecture #bioengineering #kstate

The Woven Myco-Column sought to eliminate formwork waste in the cultivation of myco-structures by scaling up basket weaving techniques. The woven outer exoskeleton served as an “edible” stay-in-place formwork. Grown in Spring 2021 during the #mycomatters seminar at @apdesignkstate @kstatearch Powered by @ecovative technology. Thanks for helping us procure the materials so our students can imagine and work on inventing the building systems of the future! . . . #mycelium #fungi #myceliumarchitecture #myceliumtechnology #myceliumdesign #myceliumart #myceliumstructures #fantasticfungi #sustainabledesign #sustainableart #biomaterials #biofab #biofabricate #biofabrication #bioarchitecture #bioengineering #kstate

Closeup of some fruiting bodies that grew through the Woven Myco-Column in Spring 2021 during the #mycomatters seminar at @apdesignkstate @kstatearch Powered by @ecovative technology. Thanks for helping us procure the materials so our students can imagine and work on inventing the building systems of the future! . . . #mycelium #fungi #myceliumarchitecture #myceliumtechnology #myceliumdesign #myceliumart #myceliumstructures #fantasticfungi #sustainabledesign #sustainableart #biomaterials #biofab #biofabricate #biofabrication #bioarchitecture #kstate

Process shot of gravity-forming myco sheets. The method was inspired by form-finding techniques used by #heinzisler. Grown by @kstatearch @apdesignkstate students @annielomshek , Nicole Reimert Burró, and Vanitha Pujari Siddana in Spring 2021 during the #mycomatters seminar using @ecovative #mycocomposite material. #mycelium #fungi #myceliumarchitecture #myceliumtechnology #myceliumdesign #myceliumart #myceliumstructures #fantasticfungi #sustainabledesign #sustainableart #biomaterials #biofab #biofabricate #biofabrication #bioarchitecture #kstate

When stacked, the gravity-formed Myco-vault modules form a self-supporting screen wall. Grown by @kstatearch @apdesignkstate students @annielomshek , Nicole Reimert Burró, and Vanitha Pujari Siddana in Spring 2021 during the #mycomatters seminar using @ecovative #mycocomposite material. #mycelium #fungi #myceliumarchitecture #myceliumtechnology #myceliumdesign #myceliumart #myceliumstructures #fantasticfungi #sustainabledesign #sustainableart #biomaterials #biofab #biofabricate #biofabrication #bioarchitecture #kstate