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MyCera, from 2020
Julian Jauk, Hana Vašatko, Lukas Gosch

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The MyCera (Mycelium and Ceramics) project is developing a composite material made of clay, pulp and mycelium. Brick-like modules are 3D printed from clay, allowing complex and light forms that would not be possible from conventional extrusion processes. The hollow chambers and openings are filled with a mixture of cellulose and mycelium, the root network of fungi. The living material allows the ‘bricks’ to grow together. The use of mortar, which causes high CO2 pollution due to its high cement content and energy-intensive production process, can be avoided. The combination of clay, a building material that has proven reliable over thousands of years, and the renewable biomaterial mycelium makes it possible to produce high-performance and versatile – in this case static and heat-insulating at the same time – ceramic building components that allow the gradual replacement of cement-based binders in the building process.

Project partner: Institute of Architecture and Media/Graz University of Technology (project management: Milena Stavrić)
Funding body: FWF, Project No. F77