Diseño panel no estructural a partir del micelio de hongo aplicado en una vivienda rural

Abstract

Currently, one of the main pollutants of the environment at a global level corresponds to the construction industry. The extraction, use and residues left by the most common materials such as brick and concrete have led to the search for innovative solutions, such as the use of organic materials. It is here when biomaterials are born, those that, thanks to their mostly organic content, guarantee that the waste generated can be reincorporated into nature. The fungus mycelium, understood as the roots of fungi, is a material that has been vaguely explored in Colombia. It has been tested by American mycologists as a supremely resistant and malleable material; that, through the ideal treatment of the fungus, when cultivated within the appropriate substrate, and raised to high temperatures to avoid its future reproduction, can be implemented as panels, blocks, furniture, among other elements that can be developed in a fortuitous in the architectural field.