Growing Facade Wierwaar DOTUnusual

Описание: The Growing Facade represents a digitally fabricated, regenerative building component. Each panel forms a unique relief composed of printed and cultivated elements made from mycelium—the root system of fungi—combined with wood and/or seaweed fibers and sawdust.

These fully biobased and regenerative panels are not manufactured in the traditional sense but grown through 3D printing and cultivation. The first wall is acquired by Heijmans, and on view at their headquarters' innovation lab Heijmans Hive. A second set is on view at the Innovation Pavilion at the Marineterrein in Amsterdam. The Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (HvA), in collaboration with Sensorlab, is monitoring the panels in various ways—allowing our team to explore symbiotic growth processes as both a design method and an application for the built environment.

At the heart of Growing Facades lies a deeper conceptual exploration: an AI-driven interpretation of our microbiotic world, where both terrestrial and aquatic microorganisms—such as mycelium and algae—are envisioned as coexisting within emergent swamp and underwater ecologies. Through this speculative lens, the project imagines symbiotic landscapes, not only among biological species but also between humans, their environments, and intelligent machines. This vision reflects our ongoing commitment to harmonising natural and technological systems—where design, robotics, and ecology collaborate toward a regenerative future, blurring the lines between cultivation and construction, art and architecture.

The research for the panels are funded by the Municipality of Amsterdam in collabaortion with Hogeschool van Amsterdam, and a first total wall construction is acquired by company Heijmans.


Thanks to: HvA, Heijmans, Sensorlab, Gemeente Amsterdam, InnovationPavilion, Marineterrein Amsterdam

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