Myco Home Wins 100 Mile House Ideas Competition
Tony Osborn from Vancouver is $5,000 richer after winning the 100 Mile House Ideas Competition; a global open innovation design contest that took the 100-mile diet concept, and applied it to home building.
During the three month submission period ideas were sought for a home for four that should be under 1,200 square feet and constructed out of materials or systems manufactured or recycled within 100 miles of the city of Vancouver, BC.
From the 57 entrants who hailed from 17 countries five finalists were selected of which Tony Osborn’s ‘Myco Home’ took the top spot.
Winning Concept
His concept is to turn waste material into building blocks by colonizing recycled wood fibre with mushroom mycelium to produce fire-resistant, mold-resistant building blocks. According to Osborn the blocks are as easy to assemble as Lego and similar to ICFs (insulated concrete forms) that are used in the building industry today.
“We can reduce the region’s waste, in-crease energy efficiency, contribute to food independence, create affordable housing, teach people skills, and strengthen com-munities with a building system that is made, used and recycled right here.” – Tony Osborn
And there’s an added bonus for fungi lovers as the manufacturing cycle delivers two edible mushroom crops.
Zero E House
Amongst the other finalist was ‘Zero E House’ that uses active and passive environmental technologies to achieve net zero energy use, and can be constructed from materials sourced locally from within a 100 mile radius of Vancouver’s city centre.
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