Ep. 198: Red House Architecture – Pioneering Mycelium Materials in Namibia, Cleveland & Outer Space (feat. Christopher Maurer)

February 20
1h 2m

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Show Music courtesy of the one and only Chris Peck: https://peckthetowncrier.bandcamp.com/   

TOPICS COVERED:   

  • Mycohab – Turning Namibia’s Blackthorn Bush into Food and Housing   
  • Fungal Architecture and Mycotecture   
  • Adjusting Substrate, Species, Environment   
  • Melanin-Rich Fungi   
  • World’s First Structural Mycelium House   
  • Strength of Mycoblocks vs Concrete   
  • Biocycler – Mycelium Design for the Redeveloping World   
  • Fungi Recycling Demolished Homes and Growing New Structures   
  • Fungal Remediation After Disasters   
  • Getting Mycelium Materials Accepting into Building Codes   
  • Processes to Create Red House’s Mycelium Materials   
  • Inflatable Mycelium Structures Colonizing Space   
  • Mycelium Aerogels with Cyanobacteria as Substrate   
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