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yong ju lee pioneers bio-grown architecture through mycelium<\/p>\n

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Designed by Yong Ju Lee Architecture<\/a>, Mycelial Hut is an experimental pavilion<\/a> in Seoul<\/a> that investigates the potential of mycelium<\/a>, the dense fungal network that binds and regenerates organic matter, as a large-scale building material<\/a>. The project explores how architecture can be cultivated through a hybrid process that combines robotic 3D printing<\/a> with biological growth.<\/p>\n

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Structurally, the pavilion consists of a wooden<\/a> frame that provides stability and a series of mycelium panels that form its enveloping skin. Each panel was grown inside a customized 3D printed mold, shaped by industrial robotic arms and filled with a selected substrate. Before this phase, the research team tested multiple types of mycelium mixtures, assessing their growth rates, density, and structural behavior.<\/p>\n

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images courtesy of Yong Ju Lee Architecture<\/p>\n

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Mycelial Hut Grows, Breathes, and Decomposes with Nature<\/p>\n

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In an era when architecture and construction remain the largest global sources of carbon emissions, Mycelial Hut proposes a fundamental material shift. For much of the modern period, concrete and steel symbolized progress and economy, yet their environmental cost has become untenable. Seoul- and New York-based firm<\/a> Yong Ju Lee Architecture\u2019s pavilion turns toward organism-based composites, materials that are biodegradable, recyclable, and regenerative, to question the very premise of what makes a building sustainable.<\/p>\n

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Developed in collaboration with the Robotic Fabrication Studio (RFS) at Seoul National University of Science and Technology and installed in the open landscape of SeoulTech\u2019s campus, Mycelial Hut embodies a vision of bio-integrated architecture that grows out of its environment. It makes the notion of eco-friendly design tangible, inviting visitors to imagine a future in which buildings are not manufactured but cultivated, alive, decomposable, and deeply entangled with the ecosystems that sustain them.<\/p>\n

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designed by Yong Ju Lee Architecture and developed in collaboration with the Robotic Fabrication Studio<\/p>\n

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Mycelial Hut is an experimental pavilion that investigates the potential of mycelium<\/p>\n

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