CAYENNE

DWELLING

The combination of millions of years of symbiotic advancement, and our latest technology in large-scale printing create a new relationship between the settlers and the land they occupy.

In one moment, shelter; containing all the comforts of dwelling. In another moment, compost; dismantled and returned to the earth, the duality of a life cycle.

A cornerstone of the project’s effectiveness is the ability to sustain maximum efficiency. A combination of generative design and AI assist with efficient additive manufacturing.

The settlement dwellings composed of printed sections of biomass, processed on-site are inoculated during the printing procedure with carefully selected fungus spores.

The sections once delivered to their site are mounted and insulated to create an environment where the fungus spores can germinate and expand through the biomass; breaking down the organic material, unifying the sections by replacing the form with its own complex matting of mycelium.

Once the mycelium has completely taken over the biomass, the incubation period is stalled, and moisture is removed with heat preventing the building from fruiting and overgrowing.

The structure is now ready to be weatherproofed, fitted out, and inhabited. Until it is ready to be composted, and the cycle completed.