The repair for Bioarchitecture 

workshop introduced students from computation in Architecture studio at the Royal Danish Academy to concepts of durability, permanence, the cyclical nature of renewable materials and practice of repair, asking how architecture can engage with the limited timespans of biobased materials. The students examined already deteriorated 3D printed biocompostite panes by diagnosing the weathering impacts and responding through repair strategies using additive manufacturing. In this process, they applied photogrammetry and mesh based post-processing methods to capture material conditions, identify deteriorated regions in a digital environment and generate repair patterns accordingly. The students proposed strategies such as stitching newly 3D printed bio composite patches to broken panels, recursive repair though addition of new layers on warped panes and intervention using thin bio composite films as an interface between the print path and bent panes as a flattening strategy. The repairs were performed through non-flat 3D printing, which helped students familiarise with material constituents and robotic fabrication. Through this participatory engagement with materials, digital and physical tools, the students formulated scenarios of repair, maintenance and adaption iterated over an extended timespan, exploring how these processes might determine architectural performance, form and expression.