The international debate on materials and design assumes as regenerative and resilient a material that interacts symbiotically with environment. Starting from Ecovative, a biomaterial produced in the U.S.A., the research carried out at the DADI of University of Campania “L. Vanvitelli”, in partnership with industry participants, experiences the production of bio-based materials grown with mycelia. The experimentation has produced satisfactory results within advanced production methods of Material Ecology, an emerging field in bio–oriented design, where it is meaningful the persistence of intrinsic synergies among environmental constraints, production methods and perceptive-functional expression of the materials produced. The experimentation has recorded a highly adaptive response from the material, which resulted regenerative, eco-friendly, renewable, with a zero environmental impact and a minimum Embodied Energy.
Il dibattito internazionale su materiali e design assume come rigenerativo e resiliente un materiale che interagisce simbioticamente con l'ambiente. Partendo da Ecovative, un biomateriale prodotto negli USA, la ricerca condotta presso il DADI dell'Università della Campania "L. Vanvitelli", in partnership con operatori del settore, sperimenta la produzione di materiali bio-based coltivati con miceli. La sperimentazione ha prodotto risultati soddisfacenti nell’ambi-to dei metodi di produzione avanzata propri della Material Ecology, un campo emergente nel design bio-orientato, in cui è significativa la persistenza di sinergie intrinseche tra vincoli ambientali, metodi di produzione ed espressione percettivo-funzionale del materiale realizzato. La sperimentazione ha registrato una risposta altamente adattiva da parte del materiale, che è risultato rigenerativo, eco-compatibile, rinnovabile, a zero impatto ambientale e con una minima Embodied Energy.
Oltre la Materia: la sperimentazione di bio-based grown materials dai miceli / Beyond Materials: the experimentation of biobased grown materials from mycelia
Antonella Violano
2018
Abstract
The international debate on materials and design assumes as regenerative and resilient a material that interacts symbiotically with environment. Starting from Ecovative, a biomaterial produced in the U.S.A., the research carried out at the DADI of University of Campania “L. Vanvitelli”, in partnership with industry participants, experiences the production of bio-based materials grown with mycelia. The experimentation has produced satisfactory results within advanced production methods of Material Ecology, an emerging field in bio–oriented design, where it is meaningful the persistence of intrinsic synergies among environmental constraints, production methods and perceptive-functional expression of the materials produced. The experimentation has recorded a highly adaptive response from the material, which resulted regenerative, eco-friendly, renewable, with a zero environmental impact and a minimum Embodied Energy.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.