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  • Image: Melissa (DE)

    Panel 4 .May

    Growth stage after 3 days.
  • mycelium
  • Biology
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  • Building with Living Materials

    Architectural design with biology programme at Mediamatic

    In 2014 Mediamatic started to develop a new program that combines architecture with living materials in experimental ways. Living materials cannot only be more ecological, they offer very exiting new...
  • Mediamatic Biotoop Linde van Beers, Ashley Scarborough

    Myco Brewery Growing Process

    How we grow beautiful mycelium products

    From early October we began to have consistent success with our mycelium growth on the spent grain from our myco brewery, so we thought the best way to celebrate this is to share our knowledge of the...

  • Growing the first panels

    The success and strife of convincing mushrooms to grow on waste.

  • Mediamatic Fabriek

    Our location from 2011 till 2014

    Mediamatic has moved on average every 3 years. Mediamatic is a gallery, project space, aquaponics farm and cafeteria. In December 2011 we moved part of our activities to the Van Gendthallen on...

  • Mushrooms are taking over the Dutch media

    “Scientists, designers and dreamers are working on a revolution”.

    For the last couple of months Motherboard, the technological arm of Vice have been on board to interview designers, scientists and mycelium experts about their work with fungi. The result is...
  • Mediamatic Biotoop Bart Ellenbroek

    Going solo

    My experiences during my second week at Mediamatic

    After succesfully closing the Open lab event on sunday I started my second week the next day. This week was less hectic then the first one. I got to know Mediamatic and the clean lab so i was feeling...

  • Dijksgracht 6

    Mediamatic's new location

    On November 19 2014, Mediamatic moved to their new location on Dijksgracht 6. A great area near the waterside, within walking distance from Amsterdam's Central Station. In the following months...

  • The NIMBY toilet

    Fermentation toilet by Henriette Waal

    A bright yellow booth on show in the Dijkspark - but mind what you do: it is not to phone, it is to pee. We think your urine is important and we want to use it for a good cause: come "donate" and you...

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    Please share your thoughts, notes and ideas, and comment on those of others.

  • Fresh improvements to panel growing

    After reviewing our previous panel experiments' highs and lows, we've started 4 new panels with some (hopefully) positive changes to our procedure.

  • 'Myco-brewing'?

    Two Processes become one!

    Combining the beer brewing process with our Myco Insulation process for smart production of new materials.

  • Clean Lab Report

    February 2016

    The Clean Lab has been undergoing some changes recently. The area has been cleared to make way for an all new clean space with new equipment and workbenches to facilitate the growing needs of the...

  • Fungal Futures

    Exhibition at Utrecht University

    Oude Hortus, Universiteitsmuseum Utrecht | March 24 - May 16 2016 A collaborative project between Utrecht University, Officina Corpuscoli and Mediamatic.

  • BioTalk: Bulletproof Skin and growing Mycelium…

    Wednesday April 9th. Food at 19:00, talks at 20:00

    Jalilla Essaïdi and Jonas Edvard talk about their projects, both engaged in the development of sustainable products. Jalilla is creating a bulletproof skin of spider silk and is optimizing this as a...
  • Mediamatic Biotoop Bart Ellenbroek

    Geodesic dome research

    Testing different types of entrance tunnels

    A second look into the research and testing process of the mycelium geodesic dome project. Test 9-13.

  • Internship Guerilla Gardening

    Help us influence an uncontrolled green space and grow plants in the public space around Mediamatic. If you have a green thumb and you want to contribute in the shaping of an urban garden and park area, Mediamatic is the perfect place for you.

    We are looking for people who are passionate about urban gardening. We have the opportunity to take care of a green parcel in the centre of Amsterdam, and we want it to be a valuable and beautiful...
  • Mediamatic Biotoop Bart Ellenbroek

    Building a geodesic dome

    My experiences during my third week at Mediamatic

    Exploring the possibilities of a geodesic dome built from mycelium.
  • Mediamatic Biotoop

    Visitor Information

    You can visit Dijkspark and the Casting Doubts installation daily. The seedcard however are only for sale during opening hours of Mediamatic ETEN, which you can find here . The Casting Doubts...

  • Inflatable Clean Lab

    Portable mycelium research area

    The Inflatable Clean Lab is a portable structure consisting of HEPA filters, a blower, and plastic material. When the Clean Lab needs to be used, it will be inflated with the same blower used to...
  • Mediamatic Biotoop Bart Ellenbroek

    Geodesic dome research

    Testing sizes, entrance and connectors.

    Here is a first look intro the research and testing process of the mycelium geodesic dome project.

  • Living Roof project

    If you can’t beat them, join them.

    Living Roof geeft een sterke verbetering van de leefkwaliteit van golfplaten hutten in Zuid-Afrikaanse townships. We presenteren in 2014 in Kaapstad (world design capital) een eerste ontwerp waarbij...

  • Imagining an Exhibition

    Designing the process and exhibition of the Myco Insulation project.

  • Urban Eden, human error

    Bio-architectural constructions out of moss and seeds

    Allison Kudla's project based on the formation of a living and growing biological material via its collaboration with an engineering mechanism.
  • Mediamatic Biotoop Bart Ellenbroek

    Today was a good week

    My experiences during my first week at Mediamatic

    I became very fascinated by bio-design and -materials, so i decided i wanted to do an internship where i could learn more about it. I am especially interested in mycelium based materials. After doing...

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