Organic Tower

organic tower

Project Name: Organic Tower made from agricultural waste Project managers/designers: New York Studio The Living Web link: http://www.dezeen.com/2014/02/06/hy-fi-by-the-living-at-moma-ps1/ Description: New York studio The Living has won this year's MoMA PS1 Young Architects Program competition with plans to cultivate bio-bricks from corn stalks and mushrooms, and use them to build a tower in the courtyard of the New York gallery. David Benjamin proposed a cluster of circular towers made entirely from natural materials for his entry to the Young Architects Program (YAP) contest, which each year invites emerging architects to propose a temporary structure that will host the summer events of the MoMA Ps1 gallery in Queens.Named Hy-Fi, the structure will be constructed entirely from recyclable materials. The Living will collaborate with sustainable building firm Ecovative to grow the bricks that will form the base of the tower, using a combination of agricultural byproducts and mushroom mycelium - a kind of natural digestive glue. Added by: Alison Rees