Bamboo Language

Concept of Growing Fun

Longquan, a municipality in China's Zhejiang Province, is famous for its lingzhi mushrooms, a medicinal fungus that is highly prized in Chinese Traditional Medicine. Typically, the fungus is cultivated on decaying wood chips, but this has taken its toll on Longquan’s forests, which still cover 84 percent of the area. This cultivation concept replaces wood with waste bamboo which would otherwise be discarded, thereby achieving a double environmental benefit – conservation and waste recycling.

JURY STATEMENT

Replacing wood with bamboo waste for mushroom cultivation is a practical application of the design philosophy of sustainability.

WINNER STATEMENT

I am honored to receive this award, and I hope that my design can provide inspiration for the fungus farming industry, reduce the need for trees in this economy, and protect forest resources.

UNIVERSITY

Jiangxi University of Finance and Economics

Nanchang, Jiangxi Province, CN

WINNER

SenyangWang

Jiangxi University of Finance and Economics

JianghaoZhang

Jiangxi University of Finance and Economics

XuexinDeng

Jiangxi University of Finance and Economics

YechuangChen

Guilin University of Electronic Science and Technology