The most fascinating thing about The Living’s Hy-Fi tower is the fact that it was made using a relatively new paradigm in construction based on biological technologies. Rather than mixing concrete or manufacturing bricks, the materials that make up the Hy-Fi pavilion are 100% organic, and are created by adding mycelium (a mushroom root material) to low-value corn crop waste collected from farmers. The mixture is then poured into brick-shaped molds and then self-assembles over the course of a few days.
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