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01.
la materia
come sistema

This research, developed during a residency at the Basque Bio Design Center, questions traditional sustainability to investigate the potential of living materials. Using mycelium as a case study, it proposes a shift from absolute formal control to designing for conditions: the designer becomes a director of variables, the organism a co-author.

The resulting audio speaker is not the goal, but the verification of a method.

strains

Nine fungal strains isolated and cultivated, compared for growth rate, density and surface behaviour. Some colonised in days. Others never took.

Nine petri dishes showing different fungal strains in growth
fig.01 strain isolation

substrates

Six agro-industrial by-products, all sourced within the Bilbao–Güeñes area. Proximity is part of the method: the material is defined by what the territory already throws away.

sourced within 30 km:

Map of the Bilbao area with the six substrate sources marked
fig.02 substrate sourcing
Eighteen circular mycelium samples showing different substrate combinations
fig.03 eighteen strain and substrate combinations

details

mould:

w240 mm
h170 mm
d240 mm

components:

driverø 123 mm
amplifier84 × 53 × 22 mm
capø 140 mm

material:

Technical drawings of mould, driver, amplifier and cap
fig.04 components and dimensions
Exploded axonometric drawing of the speaker assembly
fig.05 exploded view
Six photographs documenting growth, demoulding and electronics assembly
fig.06 growth, demoulding, wiring
Two mycelium speaker units, front and rear views
fig.07 the two finished units. no two are the same: the organism decides the surface

📸 picture by me