Grinham Research Group<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Harvard University Graduate School of Design<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Upscaling Wool Ecologies<\/h1>\n\n\n\nReconfiguring wool’s industrial ecology<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n![\"Photograph](\"https:\/\/research.gsd.harvard.edu\/grg\/files\/2026\/09\/UpscalingWool_8-1.jpg\")
<\/figure>\n\n\n\nThe Stock Tank exhibited at the 2026 Oslo Architecture Triennale<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\nProject Overview<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\nNature has already invented the world’s most sophisticated plastics. Long before petrochemicals, organisms developed structural polymers\u2014cellulose, lignin, chitin, collagen, and keratin\u2014that combine mechanical performance, repairability, biodegradability, and carbon storage through millions of years of evolution. Rather than inventing new synthetic materials, this project asks what becomes possible when architecture begins with nature’s plastics first.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
\nProject Journey<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\nUpscaling Wool Ecologies is currently on exhibit at the 2026 Oslo Architecture Triennale<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
<\/figure>\n\n\n\nThe Stock Tank exhibited at the 2026 Oslo Architecture Triennale<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Project Overview<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\nNature has already invented the world’s most sophisticated plastics. Long before petrochemicals, organisms developed structural polymers\u2014cellulose, lignin, chitin, collagen, and keratin\u2014that combine mechanical performance, repairability, biodegradability, and carbon storage through millions of years of evolution. Rather than inventing new synthetic materials, this project asks what becomes possible when architecture begins with nature’s plastics first.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
\nProject Journey<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\nUpscaling Wool Ecologies is currently on exhibit at the 2026 Oslo Architecture Triennale<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
Nature has already invented the world’s most sophisticated plastics. Long before petrochemicals, organisms developed structural polymers\u2014cellulose, lignin, chitin, collagen, and keratin\u2014that combine mechanical performance, repairability, biodegradability, and carbon storage through millions of years of evolution. Rather than inventing new synthetic materials, this project asks what becomes possible when architecture begins with nature’s plastics first.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
Project Journey<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\nUpscaling Wool Ecologies is currently on exhibit at the 2026 Oslo Architecture Triennale<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
Upscaling Wool Ecologies is currently on exhibit at the 2026 Oslo Architecture Triennale<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n