The urban mushroom farm is a modular system developed to grow edible mushrooms in the urban environment, producing both food and construction materials. The solution is composed by modules that are designed with two main aims: allocating the substrate needed to grow mushrooms and shaping the construction material that can be obtained from it.

The surface of the modules is designed according to the climatic conditions of the installation site (e.g. solar radiation and humidity) to provide the optimal environment for the substrate to grow the mushrooms. With the aim of being as sustainable as possible, the modules can be also fabricated with ecological or recycled materials.

In addition to producing food and construction material, the solution acts as a demonstrator, creating ‘culture of caring’ for locally produced food and awareness about the potentials of mushroom farming in cities.

• The substrate, once the mushrooms are grown, can be used as a sustainable construction material (e.g. bricks or insulation panels);

• Farming mushrooms in cities is a practice that is still not widespread;

• The solution is also a tool for social inclusivity since it can be maintained by local communities.

• Modules can be anchored to a blind facade or installed on a metal structure in the public space.

• The installation, being modular, is highly replicable and scalable;

• The solution can be replicated in areas where in a certain period of the year there is an external temperature between 15 ºC and 20ºC.