Mushroom Momento

Design Work

Mushroom Momento

Decay reframed — a pavilion where endings become beginnings

Type / Category
Academic
Semester + Year
Fall 2024
Course Name
Ecological Urbanism
Tags
Undergrad · Installation

A biomimetic pavilion designed to foster fungal cultivation in Mobile's humid subtropical climate — merging computational design, site-responsive strategy, and ecological research to produce a living structure that transforms materially as fungi emerge, mature, and decompose.

Interior perspective render shows visitors beneath a perforated canopy punctuated by petal-shaped openings that filter light across curved walls and a spiraling ramp.
Interior perspective render shows visitors beneath a perforated canopy punctuated by petal-shaped openings that filter light across curved walls and a spiraling ramp.
Bird's eye interior render reveals the circular ramp system and clustered ceiling perforations designed to regulate moisture and distribute spore dispersal.
Bird's eye interior render reveals the circular ramp system and clustered ceiling perforations designed to regulate moisture and distribute spore dispersal.
Annotated cross section diagrams the entrance sequence, interior ramp, existing growth archways, and perforated ceiling zones designated for active fungal growth.
Annotated cross section diagrams the entrance sequence, interior ramp, existing growth archways, and perforated ceiling zones designated for active fungal growth.
8×8 ideation grid generates 64 hand-sketched conceptual intersections across axes of fungus, enclosure, decay, cultivation, and temporality.
8×8 ideation grid generates 64 hand-sketched conceptual intersections across axes of fungus, enclosure, decay, cultivation, and temporality.
Convergent 4×3 sketch refinements develop spatial, material, and fungal logic through ten-minute iterations including plan diagrams, section studies, and colored form explorations.
Convergent 4×3 sketch refinements develop spatial, material, and fungal logic through ten-minute iterations including plan diagrams, section studies, and colored form explorations.
Three elevation studies stack variations of the dome form, testing proportions of the canopy arc, structural columns, and relationship to existing tree canopy.
Three elevation studies stack variations of the dome form, testing proportions of the canopy arc, structural columns, and relationship to existing tree canopy.
Biomimetic section drawing overlays a mushroom cap, bat wing membrane, and cellular structural grid to establish the pavilion's biological formal logic.
Biomimetic section drawing overlays a mushroom cap, bat wing membrane, and cellular structural grid to establish the pavilion's biological formal logic.
Three perforation detail studies show the ceiling opening at early growth, full colonization, and moss regeneration stages of the structure's material lifecycle.
Three perforation detail studies show the ceiling opening at early growth, full colonization, and moss regeneration stages of the structure's material lifecycle.

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