MUSHROOMS, THE FUTURE TREES OF THE MOON
ABSTRACT For millenina, human habitation has been connected to our ability to culltivate plants. Moving from treetops, we lived in small huts made out of reeds, leaves and other natural materials. As architecture developed, so did our capacity to farm trees and process timber.
The Living Lunar Laboratory aims to provide astronauts with adequate protection from the harms of space, using mycelium as both a living and dead material. By growing these habitats, astronauts will find themselves with an easily expandable, space-conscious habitat.
In simple terms, we could call it living architecture.
Included in the laboratory are multiple garden spaces, allowing for astronauts to feel a connection back home, even when they are vastly distanced from Earth.
However, we won’t be able to viably farm trees on the Moon.
HYGIENE BEDROOM 7&8
MYCELIUM - MATERIAL PROPERTIES
FROM EARTH TO THE MOON Fungi spores are extremely spore, meaning that they can survive space travel (in fact they are 200x better at blocking cosmic radiation than humans.) A small set of spores can be brought to space and cultured in-situ, with few resources.
SEED & SPORE STORAGE BEDROOM 9 & 10
ENTRY
LOCATION PLAN @1:1000
EDIBLE GARDEN AIRLOCK
FUNGI CIRCLE OF LIFE KITCHEN / DINING
SOLAR ENERGY SOURCE (TO BE PLACED ON CRATER RIDGE)
EQUIPMENT STORAGE EMERGENCY MEDICALSUPPLIES
FLOWERING GARDEN
GYMNASIUM
MEDICAL WING
HYGIENE ATRIUM
CIRCULAR GROWTH PROCESS Fungi are quick to grow, decomposing organic waste by feeding off of its carbon. This inedible biomass waste serves as a source of inputs for fungi production, and is a step towards a closed loop system.
FUNGI WALL FUNGI LABORATORY
PRIVATE SPACE
EDIBLE PLANT GARDEN
BEDROOM 1&2 PLANT LABORATORY
FUNGI GARDEN
DINING
KITCHEN MYCELIUM FACTORY
SYMBIOSIS GARDEN
FLOWERING GARDEN
GENETICALLY ENGINEERED RADIOTROPHIC MYCELIUM Advances in genetic engineering allows for the properties of radiotrophic fungi to be inserted into a faster growing fungus.
SPORE LABORATORY
Oyster mushrooms thriving after 2 weeks.Grown at home from scratch with a sawdust substrate kit, only requiring regular misting.
Cladosporium sphaerospermum
Pleurotus ostreatus
Composite mycelium
Grows from cosmic radiation exposure (radiotrophic)
Fastest growing mycelium
Fastest growing radiotrophic mycelium
C. sphaerospermum
Oyster mushroom
Oyster mushroom
CELL MEMBRANE
0.08m is effective for reducing radiation
HEAT TRACE MEMBRANE
LED BIOREACTOR LIGHTS
DROP-STITCH CAVITY FILLS WITH BIOCOMPOSITE
RETURN DROP-STITCH CAVITY SUPPLY DROP-STITCH CAVITY INSULATING AND PROTECTIVE LAYERS
PHASE 1 - DAY 50
PHASE 2 - DAY 70
PHASE 3 - DAY 90 MYCELIUM PRODUCTION PROCESS
LUNAR CONSTRUCTION PROCESS
MYCELIUM BRICK CREATION
MYCELIUM BLOCK CREATION