Mycotopia

Bunkers are manmade creation, made to protect humans from humans. They are soaked with emotions, both negative and positive. In the flat landscape they look lost, just like alien objects. They are humid and dark, holding so many layers of history, waiting to be used again. In a hope of peace, we want to give them another layer but this time not connected with military. They could help humanity in a time of searching solutions for many global problems. There is, however, a specific organism that likes dark and humid en­vironment of a bunker. Fungi are one of the oldest organisms on the planet and most valuable elements of symbiosis, which connects all shapes of life and can therefore help humanity. Their benefits spread to a myriad of usable ways, as in agriculture, forestry, medicine, ecology, etc. The idea is to use the fungi mycelium as a connection between all the elements in the space to give it a new perspective and a new story. New ways of growing are presented and a new use of space that can be multifunctional and can serve for production, education, research, recreation and connection of people. Bunkers become laboratories for knowledge to thrive and that knowledge can be useful for global problems. Human is trying to explore everything above and around him, yet he knows very little about what is below him.