15/05/2026
MYCOFORM
As part of my Master of Architecture material explorations at UBC, I began investigating how naturally occurring materials might offer new possibilities for architectural applications.
Driven by a curiosity for biogenic materials and hands-on making, I experimented with traditional papermaking techniques using 100% mushroom pulp sourced from wild BC conk mushrooms.
The process began in the forest, harvesting mushrooms by hand, before moving into the studio where the material was prepared by macerating the mushrooms into a pulp slurry. Using traditional papermaking screens, the pulp was formed into sheets and dried into an earthy, textured paper with a colour reminiscent of recycled kraft paper.
The resulting material was surprisingly flexible, capable of being folded, bent, and torn much like conventional paper, while still retaining a unique tactile quality and natural character entirely its own.
MYCOFORM emerged from this exploration as both a material study and a lamp design: an attempt to translate a raw, organic material into an architectural object.
What made the process especially rewarding was the full cycle of making from foraging in the forests of British Columbia to shaping and assembling the final piece in the studio.
This project was developed as part of my material explorations at UBC School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture.
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