Pigeon Towers across the world

A visual collection

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Pigeon Tower - Esfahan, Iran Photo by Erwin Bolwidt. These towers (there used to be many more of them) are used to collect pigeon droppings, to be used as manure.

Pigeon towers in Iran - Pigeon towers once used to collect guano in the countryside near Isfahan.

Pigeon Tower in Qatar - Pigeon Tower by Abdullah Al-Shackarchi. A classic symbol, the picture shows two filled in pigeon towers taken at The Cultural Village, Katara. Photo by Creative Commons Qatar

Myco-Assemblage

buiding a mycelium pigeontower

Is it a mushroom farm? Is it a tower? Is it fertile soil? Is it a corn field? Is it a pigeon tower? By Arne Hendriks The mycelium pigeon tower is a constant process of one state moving into the next.
Events
Mycelium Pigeon Towers

Collection of Design Research Questions

Is mycelium waste from the oyster mushroom industry an effective material to build with? Can we build structures to house Amsterdams feral pigeons? Do pigeons accept a mycelium structure as a place...
Presentation: Mediamatic Biotoop

Meet A Maker

7
May 2021
- Walk and talk with Arne Hendriks

On Friday, Arne will be building pigeon towers at Mediamatic and he is open for conversation! Come by to meet the artist behind the myco-assemblage project and discuss ideas while having a walk...
Presentation: Mediamatic Biotoop

Meet A Maker

2
Apr 2021
- Walk and talk with Arne Hendriks

On Friday, Arne will be building pigeon towers at Mediamatic and he is open for conversation! Come by to meet the artist behind the myco-assemblage project and discuss ideas while having a walk...
Exhibition: Mediamatic Biotoop

Mycelium Pigeon Towers

by Arne Hendriks

On the street side, every two to three weeks, we reveal another Assemblage. Through experimenting with different shapes, we see how the material responds. Come and have a look at the arising towers...
Is it an urban mushroom farm? Is it a pigeon…

What are those structures outside the barn at Mediamatic?

Because these structures are made from living mycelium WHAT you call it probably depends on WHEN you encounter it. At first they are horizontal mushroom farms, and many of our neighbours have...
Bibliography

Here you find a collection of books and images used as sources for the Myco-Assemblage

Shelter – Lloyd Kahn and Bob Easton (1973)
Celebrating Pigeons

Feral city pigeons have a bad reputation but that says more about us humans than it says about the pigeon. It's also a relatively recent perception. Throughout history, pigeons have always been...
Myco-Assemblage Mediamatic Biotoop

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