4. La Parete Fungina

 

La Parete Fungina is a compostable wall grown entirely of mycelium composite materials that provokes questions of craft, labor, and permanence in the context of architectural scale deployments of this increasingly popular biomaterial.

 
 

Team

 

Jonathan Dessi-Olive

Assistant Professor, Kansas State University College of Architecture, Planning and Design

Director, Myco Matters Lab

Director, JDO Vaults

Leila Ehtesham

UVA Project Manager, Master of Landscape Architecture Candidate ’24

Annabelle Woodcock

Research Assistant, Bachelor of Science in Architecture Candidate ’22

Holly Ellis

MycoMatters Lab Research Assistant, Kansas State University

Emmett Lockridge

MycoMatters Lab Research Assistant, Kansas State University

Kansas State MycoMatters Seminar Students

Matthew Fuller, Eduardo Granillo, Joey Jacobs

UVA Workshop Participants

Josh Cauthen, Abby Hassell, Mak Johansen, Jacob McLaughlin, Ryan Naddoni, Annabelle Woodcock