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

GUEST:   

• https://www.redhousearchitecture.org/   
• https://www.instagram.com/redhousestudioarchitecture   

MENTIONS:   

• https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=A6Ud3q0AAAAJ&hl=en   
• https://www.namibian.com.na/meet-the-trees-of-namibia-the-black-thorn-tree-acacia-mellifera-subsp-detinens-part-1/   

MUSHROOM HOUR:   

• https://welcometomushroomhour.com   
• https://instagram.com/welcome_to_mushroom_hour   
• https://tiktok.com/@welcome_to_mushroom_hour   

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