circular garden.
A mycelium-based architectural pavilion grown from soil — and returned to it.
fig. 01 / the pavilionph. marco beck peccoz
- what
- Installation · mycelium-based pavilion
- where
- Orto Botanico Brera, Milan Design Week
- year
- April 2019
- role
- Design team · Carlo Ratti Associati for Eni
The Circular Garden was grown from soil over six weeks — and returned to the soil at the end of Milan Design Week. Composed of a series of arches, it spans a record one kilometre of mycelium, experimenting with sustainable structures that can grow organically and return to nature in a fully circular way.
Many pavilions designed for temporary exhibitions end up generating large amounts of waste. This project was reused in a circular fashion — mushrooms, ropes and wood chips returned to the soil, small metal elements recycled. A model for what temporary architecture could become.
As we continue our collective quest for a more responsive 'living' architecture, we will increasingly blur the boundaries between the worlds of the natural and the artificial. carlo ratti
fig. 02–04 / structure, material, space