Ozkan, Dilan, Morrow, Ruth, Zhang, Meng and Dade-Robertson, Martyn (2022) Are Mushrooms Parametric? Biomimetics, 7 (2). p. 60. ISSN 2313-7673
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Abstract
Designing with biological materials as a burgeoning approach in the architecture field requires the development of new design strategies and fabrication methods. In this paper, we question if designers can use a parametric design approach while working with living materials. The research uses fungi as a biomaterial probe to experiment with the parametric behavior of living systems. Running design experiments using fungi helps to understand the extent to which biological systems can be considered parametric and, if so, what kind of parametric systems they are. Answering these questions provides a method to work with complex biological systems and may lead to new approaches of fabricating materials by tuning the environmental parameters of biological growth.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Additional Information: | Funding information: This research was supported by the Hub for Biotechnology in the Built Environment funded by Expanding Excellence in England (E3), Research England. |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | non-linearity, fungal fruiting bodies, parametric design thinking, plasticity, linearity |
| Subjects: | C100 Biology C200 Botany C900 Others in Biological Sciences |
| Department: | Faculties > Health and Life Sciences > Applied Sciences |
| Depositing User: | Rachel Branson |
| Date Deposited: | 11 May 2022 08:36 |
| Last Modified: | 11 May 2022 08:45 |
| URI: | http://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/49090 |
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