Lecturer: Varga Andrea
English for Spoken Technical Communication – 2023/2024
“It is critical we consider not just how we use our buildings, but what we put into our buildings in the first place.”
Dan
Stokes
Architectural Technician
Materials sourced from renewable plant or animal biomass or their byproducts, either in their natural state or after processing, utilized as construction materials and decorative elements in building projects.
▪ Widely available (cereal crops such as wheat, maize, rice, barley, oats, rye and sorghum)
▪ Widely available
▪ Cheap
▪ Sound proof
▪ Fire resistance
▪ Non toxic
▪ Flexible (in case of earth quake)
▪ Minimize heating degrees
▪ Energy, environmental, and economic efficiency. insulation, plaster support, straw concrete, and as fibres in mud bricks.
• Lightweight
• Reusable
• Biodegradable
• Fire retardant qualities
• Hypoallergenic properties
• Mold resistance
Floor and wall coverings, loft insulation, floor insulation, and roof insulation, thermal insulation.
Plants-basedmaterials
• Fire-, mold- and pest-resistant
• Acoustic sound-absorbing
• Incredible insulation
• Energy efficient
• Lightweight yet strong and breathable
• A rapidly renewable
• Non-flammable material
• Non toxic
Cost (10% more than the equivalent brick built houses)
Anintactlandscapeinherentinthebuilding
Simplecraftsmanship
Localresources
• non-toxic
• fire resistant
• sound insulating
• rapidly renewable
Beyond bioremediation and medicinal application, nowadays mycelium is applied in biomaterial production such as biocement, bioblock, and bioenzyme.
TowerHy-FionthegroundsofMoMA,NewYork
Constructed the bricks from mycelium grown on agricultural waste.
Discardedpapercoffeecups. Lightweightandgoodincompressionandflexion. Canultimatelysubstituteconcreteinsmallbuildings.
https://youtu.be/z6YjGZgp7oc?si=bvM
Asbestos
Lead
Chromate Copper Arsenate
Halogenated Flame Retardants
200.000 deaths every year
Mesothelioma
Toxic and carcinogen
Reproductive systems
Puberty
Child development during pregnancy
Lung, bladder, skin, and liver
cancer
Neurological damage
Cancer
VOCs and SVOCs
Phthalates
Sick building syndrome
Nausea
Central nervous system damage
Carcinogens
Reproduction Development
Carcinogenic
1. Renewable materials
2. Reduced environmental impacts
- Preserve other natural resources
- Store biogenic CO2
- Low carbon footprint
3. Contribute to local economic development
- Maintain jobs in rural area
4. Multiple applications in the construction industry
- Structure, cladding, insulation
5. Promote human’s health
- Physically and psychologically
“Gooddesignissustainable, greatdesignisresponsible”
Richard Wittschiebe
• General Information
https://assets-global.website-files.com/628e40c510c0f26b388d307d/62bc450230e42be14415c979_Biobased%20Bouwen%20-%20Review%20op%20huidige%20MPG.pdf
https://www.archdaily.com/987658/what-are-biomaterials-in-architecture
https://hlmarchitects.com/the-use-of-bio-based-materials-in-architecture/ https://biofilico.com/news/health-risks-toxic-building-materials-interiors
https://living-future.org/red-list/
https://www.tunley-environmental.com/en/insights/how-bio-based-materials-are-revolutionising-sustainable-construction
https://www.gralon.com/articles/real-estate vacation-rentals/useful-links/article-bio-based-construction-materials what-are-the-advantages-13615.htm
https://www.sciencedirect.com/book/9780081009826/performance-of-bio-based-building-materials
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40243-023-00234-7
• Straw
https://www.familyhandyman.com/article/straw-bale-construction/
• Mycelium
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8934219/
https://www.archdaily.com/521266/hy-fi-the-organic-mushroom-brick-tower-opens-at-moma-s-ps1-courtyard
https://www.archdaily.com/987455/from-bio-materials-to-load-bearing-structures-fungi-algae-and-tree-forks?ad_source=search&ad_medium=projects_tab&ad_source=search&ad_medium=search_result_all https://www.biobasedpress.eu/2020/04/mycelium-as-a-construction-material/
• Hemp
https://hemptinyhouse.com/hempcrete-advantages-and-disadvantages/?utm_content=cmp-true
https://www.barbourproductsearch.info/pros-and-cons-of-hempcrete-blog000568.html
• Cork
https://www.thespruce.com/cork-flooring-pros-and-cons-1314688
Do you want to use it for your future home?
