Mycelium-Based Bio-Composites For Architecture: Assessing the Effects of Cultivation Factors on Compressive Strength

Ali Ghazvinian; Paniz Farrokhsiar; Fabricio Vieira; John Pecchia; Benay Gursoy

doi:10.5151/proceedings-ecaadesigradi2019_465

Mycelium-Based Bio-Composites For Architecture: Assessing the Effects of Cultivation Factors on Compressive Strength

Ali Ghazvinian
, Paniz Farrokhsiar
, Fabricio Vieira
, John Pecchia
, Benay Gursoy

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Abstract

Mycelium-based bio-composites can propose a renewable and biodegradable alternative for architectural construction materials. These biomaterials result from growth of mycelium, fibrous root systems of fungi, on organic substrates in controlled environmental conditions. This paper presents a material study that explores how substrate type and added supplements used for cultivating mycelium affect the compressive strength of mycelium-based composites for use as masonry units in architectural construction. For this purpose, samples grown using Pleurotus Ostreatus (Gray Oyster mushroom strain) on three different substrates (sawdust, straw and a mixture of sawdust and straw) with and without supplementation are tested for compressive strength.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Architecture in the Age of the 4th Industrial Revolutio
Editors	José Pedro Sousa, Gonçalo Castro Henriques, João Pedro Xavier
Publisher	Education and research in Computer Aided Architectural Design in Europe
Pages	505-514
Number of pages	10
ISBN (Print)	9789491207181
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.5151/proceedings-ecaadesigradi2019_465
State	Published - 2019
Event	37th Conference on Education and Research in Computer Aided Architectural Design in Europe and 23rd Conference of the Iberoamerican Society Digital Graphics, eCAADe SIGraDi 2019 - Porto, Portugal Duration: Sep 11 2019 → Sep 13 2019

Publication series

Name	Proceedings of the International Conference on Education and Research in Computer Aided Architectural Design in Europe
Volume	2
ISSN (Print)	2684-1843

Conference

Conference	37th Conference on Education and Research in Computer Aided Architectural Design in Europe and 23rd Conference of the Iberoamerican Society Digital Graphics, eCAADe SIGraDi 2019
Country/Territory	Portugal
City	Porto
Period	9/11/19 → 9/13/19

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SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy

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Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design
Education
Architecture

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Ghazvinian, A., Farrokhsiar, P., Vieira, F., Pecchia, J., & Gursoy, B. (2019). Mycelium-Based Bio-Composites For Architecture: Assessing the Effects of Cultivation Factors on Compressive Strength. In J. P. Sousa, G. C. Henriques, & J. P. Xavier (Eds.), Architecture in the Age of the 4th Industrial Revolutio (pp. 505-514). (Proceedings of the International Conference on Education and Research in Computer Aided Architectural Design in Europe; Vol. 2). Education and research in Computer Aided Architectural Design in Europe. https://doi.org/10.5151/proceedings-ecaadesigradi2019_465

Ghazvinian, Ali ; Farrokhsiar, Paniz ; Vieira, Fabricio et al. / Mycelium-Based Bio-Composites For Architecture : Assessing the Effects of Cultivation Factors on Compressive Strength. Architecture in the Age of the 4th Industrial Revolutio. editor / José Pedro Sousa ; Gonçalo Castro Henriques ; João Pedro Xavier. Education and research in Computer Aided Architectural Design in Europe, 2019. pp. 505-514 (Proceedings of the International Conference on Education and Research in Computer Aided Architectural Design in Europe).

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Mycelium-Based Bio-Composites For Architecture: Assessing the Effects of Cultivation Factors on Compressive Strength. / Ghazvinian, Ali; Farrokhsiar, Paniz; Vieira, Fabricio et al.
Architecture in the Age of the 4th Industrial Revolutio. ed. / José Pedro Sousa; Gonçalo Castro Henriques; João Pedro Xavier. Education and research in Computer Aided Architectural Design in Europe, 2019. p. 505-514 (Proceedings of the International Conference on Education and Research in Computer Aided Architectural Design in Europe; Vol. 2).

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Ghazvinian A, Farrokhsiar P, Vieira F, Pecchia J, Gursoy B. Mycelium-Based Bio-Composites For Architecture: Assessing the Effects of Cultivation Factors on Compressive Strength. In Sousa JP, Henriques GC, Xavier JP, editors, Architecture in the Age of the 4th Industrial Revolutio. Education and research in Computer Aided Architectural Design in Europe. 2019. p. 505-514. (Proceedings of the International Conference on Education and Research in Computer Aided Architectural Design in Europe). doi: 10.5151/proceedings-ecaadesigradi2019_465

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