{"id":124,"date":"2025-09-21T10:00:59","date_gmt":"2025-09-21T10:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newtoursagency.com\/?p=124"},"modified":"2025-09-23T09:27:25","modified_gmt":"2025-09-23T09:27:25","slug":"mycelium-insulates-experimental-timber-pavilion-by-myceen-and-eka-pakk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newtoursagency.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/21\/mycelium-insulates-experimental-timber-pavilion-by-myceen-and-eka-pakk\/","title":{"rendered":"Mycelium insulates experimental timber pavilion by Myceen and EKA PAKK"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Insulation panels made using mycelium<\/a> and a modular<\/a> timber construction system were used to create PAKK Pavilion, an angular timber structure in Tallinn<\/a>, developed by materials company Myceen<\/a> and the architecture department at the Estonian Academy of Arts.<\/span><\/p>\n

PAKK Pavilion is being used to field test and showcase insulation panels developed by Myceen<\/a> from mycelium \u2013 a biomaterial that forms the root systems of fungi.<\/p>\n

The experimental structure was built in collaboration with EKA PAKK<\/a>, the timber research centre within the Faculty of Architecture at the Estonian Academy of Arts (EKA).<\/p>\n

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Myceen and EKA PAKK have created the PAKK Pavilion in Tallinn<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Myceen has previously used mycelium-based materials in the design of a series of pendant lampshades,<\/a> but this is its first time using them as building products, with the intention of offering a sustainable alternative to mineral wool or expanded polystyrene insulation.<\/p>\n

Known as mycocomposite, Myceen’s panels use the growth of mycelium as a natural binder for industrial residues such as sawdust and wood pulp, before halting its growth through a specialised drying method.<\/p>\n

“Talking with architects, builders and prefab house producers around Europe has given us confidence that the material is needed in the market,” said Myceen CEO and co-founder Siim Karro.<\/p>\n

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Myceen’s mycelium insulation panels line the structure<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

EKA PAKK led the construction of the pavilion itself, using research from two of its ongoing projects, named Pattern Building and sLender.<\/p>\n

Pattern Building is an open-source, modular timber construction system developed by the school to be easy to disassemble, modify or expand depending on requirements. Meanwhile, sLender is a facade system.<\/p>\n

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It was built using EKA PAKK’s modular construction system<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

For the pavilion’s structure, ash dieback timber was used to create a cubic frame, which was then clad in planks of timber.<\/p>\n

The sLender facade system, which gives PAKK Pavilion its distinctive angular appearance, was developed as a means of countering the risk of “homogenisation” in the refurbishment of Estonia’s ageing housing stock.<\/p>\n

The lozenge-shaped, modular timber sections are designed to over-clad existing structures, providing improved insulation, balconies, as well as elevator and stair modules.<\/p>\n