Design Studio 3: Natural Systems
Material Production Facility
As an architecture studio course, Natural Systems asked for designs that activate for Grain terminal Building or a water-based site neighboring it, in Red Hook, Brooklyn.
I present the Grain Terminal as a Materials Production Facility: scaling up mycelium composite and hemp+lime products.
Mycelium composite materials can replace styrofoam used in packaging. However, production processes need to accelerate in order to intercede in the petroleum-based supply chain. Hemp hurd, the chopped-up stalks of hemp plants, are an excellent substrate for mycelium to grow in. Hemp hurd can also be mixed with lime to create Hempcrete - a material useful for replacing foam insulation in building construction.
With this proposal, the Grain Terminal could transform from a vacant industrial relic, into a beacon of circular materials manufacturing.
Overview of Grain Terminal
Precedents of Mycelium and Hemp Products
Current Conditions
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