Pedestrian view from the road opposite, showing the interaction between each ‘filter’ and how they suspend the corten-steel pods within.
Climate Centre – Front Elevation
View from the road towards the river, an open entrance drawing the eye and the movement towards the water.
Climate Centre – Side Elevation
Climate Centre – Suspended within the filters are 4 corten-steel pods. These contrast the natural material of the mycelium with their extra-terrestrial feel. These pods contain the functional spaces for collaboration, research and experimentation.
Bespoke Mycelium Bricks
Creating a bespoke shape for the mycelium bricks that can help them strengthen each other in compression as well as allow air flow of the polluted molecules. This will aid carbon capture and natural ventilation of the building. These bricks are grown in handmade moulds in the base of the building.
Climate Centre – Sections
The Climate Centre – Optimally shaped mycelium bricks are placed in compression with eachother, within a thin outer frame. These ribs of mycelium become filters, and 25 of them lie parallel to eachother, orientated perpendicular to the wind direction in order to provide peak ventilation and carbon capture.
Climate Centre – Plan Drawings
The Climate Centre – A project with an environmental future-preserving focus. It looks at lowering the high pollution levels in Berlin, with the building’s programme working towards developing new sustainable alternatives to human consumption, as well as the exterior structure physically removing the carbon itself through mycelium, a grown biodegradable material.
Model Iterations
Model iterations – Development of the filtered structure of the Climate Centre, made by designing the pieces in CAD and then 3D printing the elements.
Optimum Mycelium Growth
Finding an optimum spawn, substrate and method for a strong enough mycelium sample to perform as a biodegradable building material.
Mycelium – Petri Dish Tests
Experimenting with the substrate base on which the mycelium can grow. Testing saw dust, coffee, straw and fabric to see if the strength and durability of the samples improves.
Mycelium Investigations
Investigations into the most successful method for an optimum mycelium material. Measuring strength and durability, researching into the possibility of mushrooms as a building material.