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A building panel grown from fungus, made to grow plants
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The workThe ReGreen Hut (Utrecht University, MSc Bio Inspired Innovation), on the Dutch Design Week 2026 programme ddw.nlImages, slide by slide
- Slide 1
- A triangular panel planted with grasses, succulents and small flowering plants, its brown mycelium edge visible, on a white groundImage: Marit LieftingMuseum or journal record
- Slide 2
- A large triangle made of four smaller triangular mycelium panels, pale brown and mottled, held up against a white wall by a handImage: Marit LieftingMuseum or journal record
- Slide 3
- Steps: mycelium grows through hemp shives in a mold; part of the waste is eaten and the rest becomes a composite; seeds or plants go in; the panel is tested for water, nutrients, pH and strengthImage: RN Collins studio, code-drawn. Checked against Dutch Design Week press kit 2657, The ReGreen Hut, Utrecht University (The solution)
- Slide 4
- Diagram of the problem and the proposal: cities lose nature, run hotter and handle rain worse; a mycelium panel that grows plants aims at biodiversity, cooling and water retentionImage: RN Collins studio, code-drawn. Checked against Dutch Design Week press kit 2657 (The problem; The solution)
- Slide 5
- A rectangular mycelium panel sitting on a matching flat base, both light brown, against a white backgroundImage: Dunya HandorMuseum or journal record