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Insect Wall is an architectural installation that endeavours to support coexistence between local insects, fungi, and humans. The installation is an outcome of the workshop “Interspecies Exploration by Bio-Digital Manufacturing Technologies'' during the first part of the I.N.S.E.C.T. Summer Camp (Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom, August 2022). The 9-day workshop brought together a group of four organisers and nine selected participants to engage with the challenges of designing for and with other living beings. Aiming to develop novel approaches to creating urban habitat-structures, the workshop involved parametric design, clay 3D printing, mycelium-based composites, and freeform crocheting. Monitoring of the structure involves microbial sampling, observing biodegradation, and using sensors to understand the internal microclimates (air quality; temperature; humidity).

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Collaborators: Asya Ilgün, Svenja Keune, Laurin Kilbert, Dilan Özkan, Lera Niemackl, Olatz Pereda, Ariel Lim, Mamoun Nukumanu, Danvy Vu, Hana Vašatko, Colleen Ludwig, and Natalia Piórecka

Supporters: Connected Everything UK, Hub for Biotechnology in the Built Environment, Mycology for Architecture, Symbiotic Spaces, the Centre for Information Technology and Architecture (CITA) at the Royal Danish Academy, IAAC Fablab Barcelona, and the Artificial Life Laboratory at the University of Graz.

Featured: Design & Posthumanism Network

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