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As the construction industry struggles to deal with its impact on the climate, a new crop of people with big ideas are looking for alternative materials to build with.

Phil Ayres, an architect and associate professor of architecture in Copenhagen, says the future of building materials might not be high tech polymers or specialty metals — but mushrooms.  

Ayres joined Spark host Nora Young to discuss how he and his team are looking at how mycelium — the fibrous network that exists underneath a fungus — might be used as an environmentally sustainable building material.

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Spark on CBC Radio One (Canadian National Radio), weekly podcast. Nora Young helps you navigate your digital life by connecting you to fresh ideas in surprising ways.

Periode28 feb. 2020

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  • TitelWhy fungi could be the future of environmentally sustainable building materials
    Grad af anerkendelseInternational
    Mediets navn/udløbSPARK, CBC (Canadian National Broadcaster)
    MedietypeInternet
    Varighed/længde/størrelse53 minutes 59 seconds
    Land/OmrådeCanada
    Dato28/02/2020
    BeskrivelseAs the construction industry struggles to deal with its impact on the climate, a new crop of people with big ideas are looking for alternative materials to build with.

    Phil Ayres, an architect and associate professor of architecture in Copenhagen, says the future of building materials might not be high tech polymers or specialty metals — but mushrooms.

    Ayres joined Spark host Nora Young to discuss how he and his team are looking at how mycelium — the fibrous network that exists underneath a fungus — might be used as an environmentally sustainable building material.
    Producer/forfatterNora Young
    URLhttps://www.cbc.ca/radio/spark/why-fungi-could-be-the-future-of-environmentally-sustainable-building-materials-1.5479660
    PersonerPhil Ayres