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Innovative materials, tech and architecture: Sustainable facades with Mungenast / Morroni

Companies in the cultural and creative industries are often pioneers in integrating circular economy concepts into their business models. In our current series on the topic we present selected young companies from the cultural and creative industries that are thinking about the topic of circular economy from the core.

Moritz Mungenast and Luc Morroni founded their architectural firm in 2023. They use additive manufacturing to create customized, multifunctional architectural solutions from organic (waste) plastics such as plastic bottles. How the two founders integrate the circular economy into their business model and what current challenges they face? Read more in this interview with Moritz Mungenast.

Munich Startup: Who are you and what does Mungenast / Morroni do?

Moritz Mungenast: Mungenast / Morroni is a Office for 3D-printed architecture based in the RUFFINIHAUS Creative Hub and develops building facades and interiors from recycled plastic bottles.

Munich Startup: What tech features do you use to apply cradle-to-cradle principles?

Moritz Mungenast: We currently use recycled PETG, or polyethylene terephthalate, which most people are familiar with from PET bottles. This allows us to produce multifunctional and translucent facades. The material can be 100 percent reused in a new facade element after its life cycle. This way, we create a closed material cycle secure.

Mungenast / Morroni: 3D-printed architecture and recyclable facades

Munich Startup: How do you bring the topic Circular economy into your business model?

Moritz Mungenast: This is the driving force behind our idea: to use a new material combined with additive manufacturing and computational design to create new design possibilities in architecture. We aim to establish a new, more CO2-neutral material solution for translucent components in the construction industry.

Munich Startup: What can other startups learn from you?

Moritz Mungenast: Do not give up!

Looking for an investment

Munich Startup: What are your current challenges?

Moritz Mungenast: We're currently looking for investors. At the same time, we're looking for an initial application project where we can generate high visibility and prove that implementation on a large scale is feasible.

Munich Startup: Where do you see yourself in five years?

Moritz Mungenast: To implement many facade projects worldwide with a new circular, bio-based plastic and to make a significant contribution to sustainable construction.

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