Developing upon the ethos of the Japanese metabolism movement and the manipulation of grids found in the work of Toyo Ito. The biomorphic grid is a development on the concept of growth in architecture. It establishes a system that is more natural and can be manipulated to its surroundings.
Video showing the creation process of the biomorphic grid, expressing the concept of growth.
Mushrooms were used as the founding element of this exploration into alternative grid systems. Mushrooms are ideal, as they are not cellular in form, inspiring the biomorphic nature.
The biomorphic stimulus of the mushroom originates from mushrooms found on the nature reserve of Brownsea Island which is situated next to mainland Poole. The spores then travel across the harbour to the urban area of Poole. Once arrived, they settle creating spore prints. This disrupts the urban grid of the town and manipulates it.
These grids can then be extrapolated to not only inform urban fabric but architectural design as well.
Evolving and mutating the mushrooms through design, led to the abstraction of the gills found within the mushroom. This in turn can mutate the urban fabric of the city.
