mould and buildings are usually an undesirable combination . but one architect is set to transform a new york landmark by building a giant tower made of fungus . it will be built from blocks composed of corn and fungus which will grow and mesh together . scroll down for video . called hy-fi , the building -lrb- illustrated -rrb- will be built predominantly fugus bricks - as well as some light-reflecting ones - and is set to open in june . it was designed by new york architect david benjamin . the bricks will be composed of corn husks and mycelium - the vegetative part of fungus . they will be grown in block-shaped moulds where roots will knit together to keep their shape . once used in the eco-friendly building , the ` self-assembling ' fungus bricks will carry on growing and bond together to strengthen the overall structure . the building will incorporate reflective bricks to throw light downwards onto the organic blocks so that they can carry on growing . the museum of modern art ps1 will host the eco-friendly organic structure , which has been designed to generate no waste and provide shade and seating for visitors to the gallery 's summer music concerts . called hy-fi , the building was designed by architect david benjamin and will open this june . the self-assembling ' bricks will be made of a combination of corn husks and mycelium , which is the vegetative part of fungus . the tower will be grown and return to the earth with hardly any environmental impact . the shape of structure will be three open towers joined together and will include a bricks that will be coated with reflective film to bounce sunlight onto fungal root bricks below , to encourage them to grow . the two organic materials will be placed in block-shaped moulds where they will grow and once assembled , will continue to grow and mesh together , to strengthen the tower . the shape of structure will be three open towers joined together and will include a bricks that will be coated with reflective film to bounce sunlight onto the fungal root bricks below , to encourage them to grow , the verge reported . the structure 's strange shape is designed to push hot air upwards and draw colder air down to where people can sit and cool down , according to fastco design . the museum of modern art ps1 -lrb- pictured -rrb- will host the eco-friendly organic structure , which has been designed to generate no waste and provide shade , seating and water for visitors to the gallery 's summer music concerts . pedro gadanho , a curator in moma 's department of architecture and design , said : ` this material could really change the way people build . ` it reinvents the most basic component of architecture - the brick - as both a material of the future and a classic trigger for open-ended design possibilities . ' mr benjamin , whose architecture firm , the living , is based in new york , won the chance to build his organic structure at the gallery in the 15th young architects programme competition , which demanded that designers create structures that do not create waste once their period of display is over . ` self-assembling ' bricks will be made of a combination of corn husks and mycelium that can be grown and returned to the earth with no environmental impact . the structure 's strange shape is designed to push hot air upwards and draw colder air down to where people can sit and cool down . pictured is a view of what the structure should look like from the cool oasis inside . his hy-fi design is almost carbon neutral in its construction and the reflective bricks will be returned to the company that makes the coating , while the other completely organic bricks will be composted . mr benjamin told the new york times : ` we love the idea of testing new ideas by putting them out into the world so this is a huge opportunity for us . ' mr benjamin won the chance to build his organic structure -lrb- illustrated -rrb- at the gallery in the 15th young architects programme competition , which demanded that designers create structures that do not create waste once their period of display is over . the organic building is designed to provide shade , seating and water for visitors to the gallery 's summer music concerts -lrb- illustrated -rrb- .
new york 's museum of modern art ps1 will host the organic structure . bricks will be grown from a combination of corn husks and mycelium and used to build the structure , which is designed to draw cool air downwards . architect david benjamin 's hy-fi design will be almost carbon neutral in its construction and even reflective bricks used in the structure will be recycled .
mould and buildings are usually an undesirable combination . but one architect is set to transform a new york landmark by building a giant tower made of fungus . it will be built from blocks composed of corn and fungus which will grow and mesh together . scroll down for video . called hy-fi , the building -lrb- illustrated -rrb- will be built predominantly fugus bricks - as well as some light-reflecting ones - and is set to open in june . it was designed by new york architect david benjamin . the bricks will be composed of corn husks and mycelium - the vegetative part of fungus . they will be grown in block-shaped moulds where roots will knit together to keep their shape . once used in the eco-friendly building , the ` self-assembling ' fungus bricks will carry on growing and bond together to strengthen the overall structure . the building will incorporate reflective bricks to throw light downwards onto the organic blocks so that they can carry on growing . the museum of modern art ps1 will host the eco-friendly organic structure , which has been designed to generate no waste and provide shade and seating for visitors to the gallery 's summer music concerts . called hy-fi , the building was designed by architect david benjamin and will open this june . the self-assembling ' bricks will be made of a combination of corn husks and mycelium , which is the vegetative part of fungus . the tower will be grown and return to the earth with hardly any environmental impact . the shape of structure will be three open towers joined together and will include a bricks that will be coated with reflective film to bounce sunlight onto fungal root bricks below , to encourage them to grow . the two organic materials will be placed in block-shaped moulds where they will grow and once assembled , will continue to grow and mesh together , to strengthen the tower . the shape of structure will be three open towers joined together and will include a bricks that will be coated with reflective film to bounce sunlight onto the fungal root bricks below , to encourage them to grow , the verge reported . the structure 's strange shape is designed to push hot air upwards and draw colder air down to where people can sit and cool down , according to fastco design . the museum of modern art ps1 -lrb- pictured -rrb- will host the eco-friendly organic structure , which has been designed to generate no waste and provide shade , seating and water for visitors to the gallery 's summer music concerts . pedro gadanho , a curator in moma 's department of architecture and design , said : ` this material could really change the way people build . ` it reinvents the most basic component of architecture - the brick - as both a material of the future and a classic trigger for open-ended design possibilities . ' mr benjamin , whose architecture firm , the living , is based in new york , won the chance to build his organic structure at the gallery in the 15th young architects programme competition , which demanded that designers create structures that do not create waste once their period of display is over . ` self-assembling ' bricks will be made of a combination of corn husks and mycelium that can be grown and returned to the earth with no environmental impact . the structure 's strange shape is designed to push hot air upwards and draw colder air down to where people can sit and cool down . pictured is a view of what the structure should look like from the cool oasis inside . his hy-fi design is almost carbon neutral in its construction and the reflective bricks will be returned to the company that makes the coating , while the other completely organic bricks will be composted . mr benjamin told the new york times : ` we love the idea of testing new ideas by putting them out into the world so this is a huge opportunity for us . ' mr benjamin won the chance to build his organic structure -lrb- illustrated -rrb- at the gallery in the 15th young architects programme competition , which demanded that designers create structures that do not create waste once their period of display is over . the organic building is designed to provide shade , seating and water for visitors to the gallery 's summer music concerts -lrb- illustrated -rrb- .
mould and buildings are usually an undesirable combination . but one architect is set to transform a new york landmark by building a giant tower made of fungus . it will be built from blocks composed of corn and fungus which will grow and mesh together . scroll down for video . called hy-fi , the building -lrb- illustrated -rrb- will be built predominantly fugus bricks - as well as some light-reflecting ones - and is set to open in june . it was designed by new york architect david benjamin . the bricks will be composed of corn husks and mycelium - the vegetative part of fungus . they will be grown in block-shaped moulds where roots will knit together to keep their shape . once used in the eco-friendly building , the ` self-assembling ' fungus bricks will carry on growing and bond together to strengthen the overall structure . the building will incorporate reflective bricks to throw light downwards onto the organic blocks so that they can carry on growing . the museum of modern art ps1 will host the eco-friendly organic structure , which has been designed to generate no waste and provide shade and seating for visitors to the gallery 's summer music concerts . called hy-fi , the building was designed by architect david benjamin and will open this june . the self-assembling ' bricks will be made of a combination of corn husks and mycelium , which is the vegetative part of fungus . the tower will be grown and return to the earth with hardly any environmental impact . the shape of structure will be three open towers joined together and will include a bricks that will be coated with reflective film to bounce sunlight onto fungal root bricks below , to encourage them to grow . the two organic materials will be placed in block-shaped moulds where they will grow and once assembled , will continue to grow and mesh together , to strengthen the tower . the shape of structure will be three open towers joined together and will include a bricks that will be coated with reflective film to bounce sunlight onto the fungal root bricks below , to encourage them to grow , the verge reported . the structure 's strange shape is designed to push hot air upwards and draw colder air down to where people can sit and cool down , according to fastco design . the museum of modern art ps1 -lrb- pictured -rrb- will host the eco-friendly organic structure , which has been designed to generate no waste and provide shade , seating and water for visitors to the gallery 's summer music concerts . pedro gadanho , a curator in moma 's department of architecture and design , said : ` this material could really change the way people build . ` it reinvents the most basic component of architecture - the brick - as both a material of the future and a classic trigger for open-ended design possibilities . ' mr benjamin , whose architecture firm , the living , is based in new york , won the chance to build his organic structure at the gallery in the 15th young architects programme competition , which demanded that designers create structures that do not create waste once their period of display is over . ` self-assembling ' bricks will be made of a combination of corn husks and mycelium that can be grown and returned to the earth with no environmental impact . the structure 's strange shape is designed to push hot air upwards and draw colder air down to where people can sit and cool down . pictured is a view of what the structure should look like from the cool oasis inside . his hy-fi design is almost carbon neutral in its construction and the reflective bricks will be returned to the company that makes the coating , while the other completely organic bricks will be composted . mr benjamin told the new york times : ` we love the idea of testing new ideas by putting them out into the world so this is a huge opportunity for us . ' mr benjamin won the chance to build his organic structure -lrb- illustrated -rrb- at the gallery in the 15th young architects programme competition , which demanded that designers create structures that do not create waste once their period of display is over . the organic building is designed to provide shade , seating and water for visitors to the gallery 's summer music concerts -lrb- illustrated -rrb- .
mould and buildings usually an undesirable combination. but one architect set transform a new york landmark by made fungus. it will built from blocks composed corn fungus which mesh. scroll. called hy-fi, building -lrb- illustrated -rrb- will predominantly fugus bricks - as some light-reflecting ones is set open june. it designed new york architect david benjamin. the bricks will composed corn husks - the vegetative part fungus. they will grown block-shaped moulds where roots knit keep. once used the eco-friendly building, the ` self-assembling ' fungus bricks will carry on bond strengthen. the building will incorporate reflective bricks throw light downwards onto the organic blocks so carry growing. the museum modern art ps1 will host the eco-friendly organic structure, generate no waste shade seating visitors the gallery 's summer music concerts called hy-fi, the building was designed architect david benjamin will open june. the self-assembling ' bricks will made a combination corn husks mycelium, the vegetative part fungus the tower will grown return with hardly any environmental impact. the shape structure will three open towers joined will include a bricks that coated reflective film bounce sunlight onto fungal root bricks below, to encourage them. the two organic materials will placed block-shaped moulds where grow once assembled, will continue mesh, to strengthen the tower. the shape structure will three open towers joined will include a bricks that coated reflective film bounce sunlight onto the fungal root bricks below, to encourage, the verge reported. the structure 's strange shape designed push hot air upwards draw colder air down where people sit cool, according fastco design the museum modern art ps1 -lrb- pictured -rrb- will host the eco-friendly organic structure, which generate no waste shade, seating water visitors the gallery 's summer music concerts pedro gadanho, a curator in moma 's department architecture : ` this material could really build. ` it reinvents the most basic component architecture - the brick as both a material of the future a classic trigger open-ended design possibilities. ' mr benjamin, whose architecture firm, the living, based new york won the chance build his organic structure the gallery the 15th young architects programme competition demanded designers create structures do create waste once their period display ` self-assembling ' bricks will made a combination corn husks mycelium that grown and returned with. the structure 's strange shape designed push hot air upwards draw colder air down where people sit cool. pictured is what the structure should the cool oasis inside. his hy-fi design almost carbon neutral in the reflective bricks will returned that the coating, while the other completely organic bricks. mr benjamin told the new york times : ` we love the idea testing new ideas by putting out into so this. ' mr benjamin won the chance build his organic structure -lrb- illustrated -rrb- at the gallery the 15th young architects programme competition, which demanded designers structures do create waste once their period display the organic building is designed provide shade, seating water visitors the gallery 's summer music concerts -lrb- illustrated -rrb-.
and return to the earth with hardly any environmental impact . the shape of structure will be three open towers joined together and will include a bricks that will be coated with reflective film to bounce sunlight onto fungal root bricks below , to encourage them to grow . the two organic materials will be placed in block-shaped moulds where they will grow and once assembled , will continue to grow and mesh together , to strengthen the tower . the shape of structure will be three open towers joined together and will include a bricks that will be coated with reflective film to bounce sunlight onto the fungal root bricks below , to encourage them to grow , the verge reported . the structure 's strange shape is designed to push hot air upwards and draw colder air down to where people can sit and cool down , according to fastco design . the museum of modern art ps1 -lrb- pictured -rrb- will host the eco-friendly organic structure , which has been designed to generate no waste and provide shade , seating and water for visitors to the gallery 's summer music concerts . pedro gadanho , a curator in moma 's department of architecture and design , said : ` this material could really change the way people build . ` it reinvents the most basic component of architecture - the brick - as both a material of the future and a classic trigger for open-ended design possibilities . ' mr benjamin , whose architecture firm , the living , is based in new york , won the chance to build his organic structure at the gallery in the 15th young architects programme competition , which demanded that designers create structures that do not create waste once their period of display is over . ` self-assembling ' bricks will be made of a combination of corn husks and mycelium that can be grown and returned to the earth with no environmental impact . the structure 's strange shape is designed to push hot air upwards and draw colder air down to where people can sit and cool down . pictured is a view of what the structure should look like from the cool oasis inside . his hy-fi design is almost carbon neutral in its construction and the reflective bricks will be returned to the company that makes the coating , while the other completely organic bricks will be composted . mr benjamin told the new york times : ` we love the idea of testing new ideas by putting them out into the world so this is a huge opportunity for us . ' mr benjamin won the chance to build his organic structure -lrb- illustrated -rrb- at the gallery in the 15th young architects programme competition , which demanded that designers create structures that do not create waste once their period of display is over . the organic building is designed to provide shade , seating and water for visitors to the gallery 's summer music concerts -lrb- illustrated -rrb- .
 The text describes an innovative architectural design that combines organic and inorganic materials to create a sustainable, eco-friendly structure. The building's shape is inspired by natural forms, such as mushrooms, and features three open towers joined together. The exterior is coated with a reflective film to bounce sunlight onto the interior, reducing the need for artificial lighting. The structure includes bricks made from a combination of corn husks and mycelium, which are strong, durable, and can be grown locally. The design aims to minimize environmental impact while providing a unique, futuristic aesthetic.