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  • Image: Ketelhuisplein Anisa Xhomaqi, Arne Hendriks, Verbruggen Paddestoelen, DJ Huppeldepup

    DDW visitors showing off their gentle moves

    During Dutch Design Week on the Ketelhuisplein in Eindhoven we danced and pressed the mycelium bricks from Verbruggen Paddestoelen.  Arne Hendriks  builds pigeon towers with mycelium. These...
  • Fungus
  • Transformation
  • Microbe
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  • Bibliography

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

    Shelter – Lloyd Kahn and Bob Easton (1973)

  • Presentation: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark

    Open Friday Tour

    25
    Jul 2025

    Get a glimpse behind the scenes, peek inside our sensorial labs, and learn more about the bio-art installations around the Biotoop during our weekly tour on Friday! Ticket + drink
  • Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Aya Koné

    Making Myco-clay

    Turning rotting mycelium into moldable material

    RECIPE 2 parts rotting mycelium 1 part hay/pink oyster mushroom mycelium A giant bucket A large tarp to lay out material 2+ feet/hands to stomp, turn, squish and mix
  • Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Aya Koné

    Meeting Mycelium

    First Encounters at Dutch Design Week

    The material is strange, thick, sometimes oozing, with an odor that rises up just after you break open the plastic.

  • 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 Dijkspark

    Friday Tour

    Get a glimpse behind the scenes, peak inside our sensorial labs, and learn more about the bio art installations around the Biotoop during our weekly tour on Friday! Ticket + drink
  • Presentation: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark

    Open Friday Tour

    8
    Aug 2025

    Get a glimpse behind the scenes, peek inside our sensorial labs, and learn more about the bio-art installations around the Biotoop during our weekly tour on Friday! Ticket + drink
  • Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Nehis Osagie, Andy Cartier

    Commence Operation

    We are building a Pigeon Tower #2

    During the first building a mycelium pigeon tower workshop we had a lot of fun and learned a lot. Unfortunately, there is nothing left to show for all the hard work except pictures and videos. Now it...
  • Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Dominik Einfalt

    How do I handle living material?

    Supply, Cut, Build

    Building a living architectural structure is challenging and needs a lot of research. To start with: What kind of material do we want to use exactly, where do we get it, and how do we handle it the...
  • Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Nehis Osagie

    Ins & Outs / Do's & Dont's

    We are building a Pigeon Tower #1

    In this blog series we will share the findings we have discovered after every workshop. There will be many questions found here regarding the process of building the tower both from us and those who...

  • How to hold a pigeon

    Learning from our new squabs

    Yesterday we welcomed our new squabs (young pigeons) into their new home, at the top of Chim (tower n.11). 
  • Knowledge Page

    Shaffy's Tuin and Mediamatic

    Surrounding our Clean Lab with its entrance next to our Aquaponics Greenhouse, Shaffy's Tuin, is located. To prevent other cafés to fill up the waterside in between Hanneke's Boom, the Klimmuur and...

  • Structure

    We are building a Pigeon Tower #4

    Does form follow function or should the function follow the form? Does any of this even matter and should we just think if it works it works? 
  • Venue Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark

    A place for happiness

    Getting married in your own way

    Weddings are times of joy and happiness. There is no better way to start a life together than at Mediamatic, where creativity and uniqueness are put on a pedestal. Our venue offers a beautiful...
  • Pigeon Tower Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Andy Cartier, Arne Hendriks

    Cartier

    Sept '20 – Pigeon Tower 03

    The third tower was build inside the Clean Lab . Two previous attempts to build a sturdy, living tower had failed. Time to take a step back. We did not know whether our principles were correct.
  • Pigeon Tower Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Dominik Einfalt, Arne Hendriks

    I / O

    Dec '20 – Pigeon Tower 07

    I / O stands for Inside/Out and reverses the inside and outside of the tower. The walls of pigeon towers are smooth on the outside with a few holes so that the pigeons can enter. On the inside

  • Connected! An Interactive Cheers

    Keyboardhack

    Capture the moment when people get connected by clinking their glasses.
  • Pigeon Tower Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Dominik Einfalt, Arne Hendriks

    Gentle

    Oct '20 – Pigeon Tower 04

    The blocks of mycelium from mushroom grower John Verbruggen that we used to build are wide and heavy, and so they give us more security when stacking than in previous towers. Because we wanted to...

  • Children of Roena

    Photo report

    During the fantastic night of the Children of Roena, Daria Perevezentsev made sure everything was well captured with these great photos!
  • Pigeon Tower Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Nehis Osagie, Arne Hendriks

    Babel

    June '20 – Pigeon Tower 01

    The first tower of mycelial waste. Living material. We mainly wanted to start. With a lot of enthusiasm but little precision or consultation. The uneven blocks were stacked intuitively. We filled the...
  • 1 Jan 2002

    Gerald van der Kaap

    artist

    Born in 1959, lives in Amsterdam. Studied at the Akademie voor Beeldende Kunsten St. Joost, Breda, 1978-1980.
  • Pigeon Tower Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Arne Hendriks, Nehis Osagie, Andy Cartier

    Jute

    June '20 – Pigeon Tower 02

    We put the remains of the collapsed tower from the first experiment in a long burlap tube. Burlap is a biodegradable textile, and provides structure and nourishment for the mycelium. We rolled up the...
  • Pigeon Tower Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Dominik Einfalt, Arne Hendriks

    Yellow

    Feb '21 – Pigeon Tower 06

    The construction of this tower is mainly focused on speed and efficiency. It is a simple square design so we did not have to trim the blocks. To press them we organized a ‘Gentle Disco’. We gently...

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created Anne Lakeman modified Anne Hofstra

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