Dhruv’s project Decentralised Mycelium Housing has at its core mycelium blocks and enables low-skilled people in poorer countries to build themselves a house. Instructions are published “open source” (ie free to all) on the internet for making auxetic lattice jute moulds for 50cm x 50cm blocks out of wheat/rice straw and oyster/reishi mushroom spawn (mycelium). Laid on top of each other, the blocks are stabilised with scaffolding until the mycelium fully grows and binds the house together.

Dhruv has an MA in Industrial Design from Central Saint Martins, UAL

www.myceliumhousing.com