This project seeks to imagine how decentralised, small-scale advanced manufacture using local Danish bio-based materials could be like.  The research is grounded in the local geography of Denmark’s blue, green and animal-based biomass - beach-cast seagrass, below grade farmed miscanthus and wastes from pig production - and the shift to a circular bioeconomy for the built environment.

The project develops new pathways for biobased materials.  Because they are low value, bulky, non-standard and far less efficient in comparison to other materials, the transport of wastes and residues is expensive. Valorisation processes can be made more economically viable if they are local to the material source.​ Flexible robotic technology enables intelligent decentralisation and small-scale production close to feedstocks and end users.

The project develops a robotic cell that could easily be moved between production locations to take advantage of seasonal availability and varying resource streams, to make products when they are needed and when resources are available. Fibrous and hot melt materials are combined into a sprayable bio-composite. This material can be sprayed onto flat and 3D scaffolds and sub structures. Varying the fibre type, length, number of layers and target pathways enables specification and variation of different properties and qualities throughout an element.This spraying method is used to fabricate acoustic panels and furniture objects who visually express local resource availability.