For Gilles Clement, the garden "is a process of formalised transmission of biological messages" (Gilles Clement, Il giardiniere planetario, 2008), which today can be achieved through algorithmic coding. Algorithms become machines for the "gardener" to breed biodiversity. Understanding aesthetics as an intrinsic ecological property, HYPH explores biological patterns and materials as a form of artistic language for realising sculptural objects through digital design and production techniques.

HYPH proposes to change the aesthetics and ethics of food production. Instead of enclosed and out-of-town greenhouses and farms, HYPH explores scenarios where climate-specific fruits grow in urban environments, creating a new aesthetic for urban spaces. Following the climatic characteristics of Russian cities, as well as Russian culinary traditions and mushroom picking customs, HYPH proposes to integrate fungi gardens into the public spaces of our cities. "Every city dweller becomes a gardener" (Gilles Clement, 2008) or in the particular case a mushroom grower, being in constant relationship with the processes of growth, cultivation and harvesting. The urban dweller no longer buys packaged mushrooms in the supermarket, but can grow the necessary fruit himself or follow the processes of growth. Environmental ecology is a key factor and focus in such a scenario, as humans need to control pollution in the ecosystem in order to produce food.

Mycelium, in addition to providing a resource for human sustenance, plays an important role in the ecosystem as it helps to break down organic matter, recycle nutrients and form symbiotic relationships with plants and other organisms. Fungi can detect and respond to changes in temperature, humidity and nutrient availability by changing their growth patterns and behaviour. Fungi can also serve as indicators of environmental health. Because they are sensitive to changes in air and water quality, they can be used to monitor toxins or other pollutants in urban environments.