Date

May 8, 2026

Author

Sere Rivers

Duration

autumn semester 2025

Category

Biolab

installation

mycelium liqiud culture (oyster), hemp wool, plexiglas, metal

Tectonics of Growth

Originating from architectural thinking, the constructed framework serves as a condition rather than a fixed form. It hosts living material without fully determining its development. As the mycelium expands, it inhabits the structure and subtly alters its presence, allowing another logic to unfold within what was initially designed.

The work considers growth as a tectonic force that produces spatial relationships from within. Form is not imposed but gradually emerges through accumulation and connection. What appears stable becomes permeable, and the distinction between construction and organism begins to dissolve.

The piece is grounded in process. It reflects on becoming as a material and spatial phenomenon, where structure is not an end point but a temporary state within continuous transformation.



full instalation view

reference image (background): Gianluca Tabellini

3

MyCell

Sources

Photos: Nadine Schütz