The „Living“ Room – A Space Grown from Fungal Mycelium
published in “The Living Room – A Space Grown from Fungal Mycelium.” THE PLAN. Accessed March 6, 2026. https://www.theplan.it/eng/whats_on/the-living-room-liquifer-a-space-grown-from-fungal-mycelium

The installation, which explores the potential of bio-integrated design, is part of the exhibition “FUNGA – A Hidden World”, on view at the Naturmuseum Südtirol in Bolzano until February 7, 2027

Can an interior design project be imagined as emerging from a process of cultivation rather than production? An affirmative answer comes from the installation The „Living“ Room, created by the Integrative Design | EXTREMES (ID/E) team at the University of Innsbruck. The work explores the potential of bio-integrated design by presenting a living room where furniture and furnishings are made from mycelium-based composite materials.

The installation The „Living“ Room is on display as part of the temporary exhibition FUNGA – Eine verborgene Welt (A Hidden World), on view at the Naturmuseum Südtirol in Bolzano until February 7, 2027. The installation is part of the research project MUSE – MyceliUm SEat, whose research questions are embedded in teaching at the Faculty of Architecture at the Institute for Experimental Architecture / Integrative Design | EXTREMES at the University of Innsbruck. The project is funded by the Tyrolean Science Fund.

photo credit: Bruno Stubenrauch