Critical Concrete - Mycelium

Mycelium, a homegrowth insulation medium:
The mycelium research investigates the potentialities of living organism in the frame of sustainable insulation solutions. Mycelium, the vegetative tissue of mushrooms, offers vast properties that has been explored in wide range of fields. Within the world of construction, Critical Change studies mycelium as a locally sourced insulation material. The research lab started to experiment the growth of this material using different substrates: cardboard, straw, cotton, sawdust and cork a.o. The observations made on the brick experiments of the mycelium growth set cardboard as a cost and time competitive partner to investigate further the production of insulation panels.