The Growing Pavilion is a temporary events space at Dutch Design Week constructed with panels grown from mushroom mycelium supported on a timber frame.
Designed by set designer and artist Pascal Leboucq in collaboration with Erik Klarenbeek's studio Krown Design, the temporary pavilion is made entirely from bio-based materials.

The outer panels were grown from mushrooms, with the mycelium in the roots providing strength. These are covered with a coating that is a bio-based product originally developed by the Inca people in Mexico.
The panels were attached to a timber frame, and can be removed and repurposed as necessary. The floors are made from cattail ? a type of reed ? with interior and exterior benches made from agricultural waste.
"There are a lot of bio-based materials but they can be hard to recognise at first, and they often stay at sample stage," Leboucq told Dezeen. "I really wanted to make a bigger statement, so that a lot of people can discover this fantastic material."
"The idea of the Growing Pavilion started from the mushrooms, but it became bigger. Everything is built from plants and trees or agricultural waste," he continued.

Leboucq began working with bio-based materials three years ago, after meeting Klarenbeek for a project.
"I met Eric Klarenbeek and at that time mycelium was very closely connected with him. I asked him to work together in taking the material to the next step so that you could make spaces out of it,...