Regenerative Habitation Collection
Year: 2026
Type: article
Abstract: Aeon Mundi is a collection of adaptive furnishings and robotic tools designed to connect small-plot, rotational food growing with the everyday life of homes, civic buildings, and shared public spaces. Its six pieces support a connected journey from cultivation and habitat care to harvesting, processing, and transport. Workstations, companion seating, and autonomous carts combine adjustable ergonomics with robotic assistance for moving crops, trays, and tools, keeping people involved at each stage. A common material language unites the collection: polished solid-cast mycelium in natural, vegetable-pigmented hues; sustainably loomed bamboo upholstery; rounded, repairable forms; and fine luminescent accents that respond to work phases. Embedded spatial displays offer abstract, user-invoked cues. Together, these elements frame food production as an accessible part of shared daily life and propose a design system for exploring how productive landscapes and human-centered technology can coexist.
Author: Lambdin, James
Institution: Regent University
Language: English
Subfield: Building and Construction
Field: Engineering
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W7223570862