An Eco-Metabolistic Framework for Sustainable Architecture

Project Information

ECO-METABOLISTIC-ARC

Grant agreement ID: 101019693

DOI

10.3030/101019693

EC signature date 8 May 2021

Start date 1 November 2021

End date 31 October 2026

Funded under

• EXCELLENT SCIENCE - European Research Council (ERC)

Total cost

€ 2 410 027,00

EU contribution

€ 2 410 027,00

Coordinated by

DET KONGELIGE DANSKE KUNST-AKADEMISSKOLER FOR ARKITEKTIR, DESIGN OG KONSERVERING
Denmark

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Publications

Conference proceedings (13)

Biopolymer Composites in Circular Design: Malleable materials for an instable architecture

Author(s): Nicholas, P., Lharchi, A., Tamke, M., Valipour Goudarzi, H., Eppinger, C., Sonne, K., Rossi, G., Ramsgaard Thomsen, M.
Published in: PROCEEDINGS OF THE 43RD ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE ASSOCIATION FOR COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN IN ARCHITECTURE, Issue Vol. 2, 2023, Page(s) 166-173, ISBN 979-8-9860805-9-8
Publisher: ACADIA
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10390652

A Computer Vision-Based Long-term Monitoring Framework for Biobased Materials

Author(s): Tamke, M; Akbari,S; Chiujdea, R: Nicholas, P; Ramsgaard Thomsen,M
Published in: Proceedings of the eCAADe conference 2023 Digital Design Reconsidered, 2023
Publisher: eCAADe
DOI: 10.52842/conf.ecaade.2023.1.459

Design Strategies For Repair Of 3d Printed Biocomposite Materials

Author(s): Chiujdea, Ruxandra; Sonne, Konrad; Paul, Nicholas; Eppinger, Carl; Ramsgaard Thomsen, Mette
Published in: ACCELERATED DESIGN, Proceedings of the 29th International Conference of the Association for Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia (CAADRIA) 2024, Issue 1, 2024
Publisher: CAADRIA
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.11191205

Heterogenous Material Simulation In Architectural Timber Design

Author(s): Svilans, T., Choo, E. P., Ogoshi, M., Tamke, M., & Ramsgaard Thomsen, M.
Published in: Structural Engineers World Congress, Seoul, Korea., 2023
Publisher: Structural Engineers World Congress
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10390781

Additive manufacture with graded bio-polymer composites

Author(s): Nicholas, Paul; Eppinger, Carl; Chiujdea, Ruxandra; Sonne, Konrad; Ramsgaard Thomsen, Mette
Published in: ROB|ARCH 2024 - Beyond Optimization, University of Toronto., Issue 1, 2024
Publisher: University of Toronto
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.14034925

Pepeyoca: Reconsidering the bioreactor as a bioluminescent living wall for human-bacterial coinhabitation

Author(s): Mosse, Aurélie; Thomsen, Mette Ramsgaard; Rennie, Vincent; Suárez Zamora, Daniel; Tyse, Guro; Tamke, Martin
Published in: SIGraDi 2024 - Biodigital Intelligent Systems Conference, Issue 4, 2024, ISSN 0911-2024
Publisher: Editorial Sociedad Iberoamericana de Gráfica Digital
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.14626591

Material Versatility, Locality And Change In Circular Design

Author(s): Nicholas, Paul; Eppinger, Carl; Lharchi, Ayoub; Valipour Gourdarzy, Hasti; Egede Daugaard, Anders; Rech, Arianna; Tamke, Martin; Ramsgaard Thomsen, Mette
Published in: Fabricate 2024, Issue 1, 2024, Page(s) 138-145, ISBN 9781800086357
Publisher: UCL Press
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.11191391

Three Dimensional Automated Long-Term Monitoring Of Bio-Based Building Elements In Outdoor Conditions

Author(s): Tamke, Martin, Akbari, Shahriar, Ramsgaard Thomsen, Mette
Published in: Annual Modeling and Simulation Conference (ANNSIM), Session Symposium on Simulation for Architecture and Urban Design (SimAUD), 2024
Publisher: Annual Modeling and Simulation Conference (ANNSIM)
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.12529493

Pepeyoca: Reconsidering the bioreactor as a bioluminescent living wall for human-bacterial co-inhabitation

Author(s): Aurélie Mosse, Mette Ramsgaard Thomsen, Vincent Rennie, Daniel Suárez Zamora, Guro Tyse, Martin Tamke
Published in: SIGRADI proceedings, Proceedings of the XXVIII Conference of the Iberoamerican Society of Digital Graphics (SIGraDi), Issue 1, 2025, Page(s) 2287-2300
Publisher: SIGRADI
DOI: 10.52842/conf.sigradi.2024.2287

Biopolymer Composites in Circular Design: Malleable Materials for an Instable Architecture

Author(s): Paul Nicholas, Ayoub Lharchi, Martin Tamke, Hasti Valipour Goudarzi, Carl Eppinger, Konrad Sonne, Gabriella Rossi, Mette Ramsgaard Thomsen
Published in: ACADIA proceedings, Proceedings of the 44th Annual Conference of the Association of Computer Aided Design in Architecture (ACADIA), Issue 2, 2025, Page(s) 166-173
Publisher: ACADIA
DOI: 10.52842/conf.acadia.2024.2.166

A Design Modeling Framework For Multi Material Biopolymer 3d Printing

Author(s): Paul, Paul; Ayoub, Lharchi; Tamke, Martin; Goudarzi, Hasti Valipour; Eppinger, Carl; Sonne, Konrad; Rossi, Gabriella; Ramsgaard Thomsen, Mette
Published in: Proceedings of Advances in Architectural Geometry (AAG) conference, Issue 1, 2023
Publisher: De Gruyter
DOI: 10.1515/9783111162683-015

Another Logic For Architectural (Bio-) Design and Fabrication - Lessons From The Living Prototypes Project

Author(s): Tamke, M., Chen, Tzu-Ying., Carrasco, O., Ryan, Á., Bouchi, D., Ramsgaard Thomsen, M., Nicholas, P., Dubor, A., Cabay E., Bangsgaard, A., Dörstelmann, M., Naldoni, L., Markopoulou, A., Knippers, J.
Published in: Proceedings for the CEES 2023 Conference, 2023, ISBN 978-989-54499-3-4
Publisher: Itecons - Instituto de Investigação e Desenvolvimento Tecnológico para a Construção, Energia, Ambiente e Sustentabilidade
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.8186841

Sensing and Augmenting for Adaptive Assembly Strategies

Author(s): Lharchi, A., Tamke, M., Valipour Goudarzi, H., Eppinger, C., Sonne, K., Nicholas, P., Ramsgaard Thomsen, M.,
Published in: Proceedings of the eCAADe conference 2023 Digital Design Reconsidered, 2023
Publisher: ECAADE
DOI: 10.52842/conf.ecaade.2023.2.269

Book chapters (9)

Extending the Circular Design Framework for Bio-Based Materials: Reconsidering Cascading and Agency Through the Case of Biopolymer Composites

Author(s): Mette Ramsgaard Thomsen, Gabriella Rossi, Anders Egede Daugaard, Arianna Rech, Paul Nicholas
Published in: Sustainable Development Goals Series, Design for Rethinking Resources, 2023, Page(s) 635-646
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-36554-6_40

Sustainable Construction: Additive Manufacturing in a Circular Design Framework

Author(s): Mette Ramsgaard Thomsen, Martin Tamke, Gabriella Rossi, Ruxandra-Stefania Chiujdea, Kate Heywood, Maria Sparre-Petersen, Paul Nicholas
Published in: 3D Printing for Construction in the Transformation of the Building Industry, 2024, Page(s) 1-27
Publisher: CRC Press
DOI: 10.1201/9781003403890-1

Seeing the Dust for the Trees: Integrative Modelling of Timber Co-products for Design-to-Fabrication Workflows

Author(s): Nadja Gaudillière-Jami, Tom Svilans, Johan Oja, Oliver Tessmann, Martin Tamke, Mette Ramsgaard-Thomsen
Published in: Scalable Disruptors, 2024, Page(s) 533-545, ISBN 978-3-031-68274-2
Publisher: Springer Nature Switzerland
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-68275-9_43

A Different Architectural Practice. Circular Design, Fabrication and Living with Biogenic and Reclaimed Materials

Author(s): Martin Tamke, Mette Ramsgaard Thomsen
Published in: Building Better - Less - Different: Clean Energy Transition and Digital Transformation, Issue 2023, 2023, Page(s) 109-109, ISBN 3035627177
Publisher: De Gruyter
DOI: 10.1515/9783035627176-024

Voxel-Based Analysis of Long-Term Monitored Bio-Based Building Elements

Author(s): Martin Tamke, Shahriar Akbari, Mette Ramsgaard Thomsen
Published in: Scalable Disruptors, 2024, Page(s) 295-306
Publisher: Springer Nature Switzerland
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-68275-9_24

Material Stories: Assessing Sustainability of Digital Fabrication with Bio-Based Materials Through LCA

Author(s): Giuliano Galluccio, Martin Tamke, Paul Nicholas, Tom Svilans, Nadja Gaudillière-Jami, Mette Ramsgaard Thomsen
Published in: Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, The 1st International Conference on Net-Zero Built Environment, 2025, Page(s) 25-37
Publisher: Springer Nature Switzerland
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-69626-8_3

Non-Destructive Assessment of Reclaimed Timber Elements Using CT Scanning: Methods and Computational Modelling Framework

Author(s): Martin Tamke, Tom Svilans, Johannes A. J. Huber, Wendy Wuyts, Mette Ramsgaard Thomsen
Published in: Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, The 1st International Conference on Net-Zero Built Environment, 2025, Page(s) 1275-1288, ISBN 978-3-031-69625-1
Publisher: Springer Nature Switzerland
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-69626-8_107

A Different Architectural Practice. Circular Design, Fabrication and Living with Biogenic and Reclaimed Materials

Author(s): Tamke, M., Ramsgaard Thomsen, M.
Published in: Building Better - Less - Different: Clean Energy Transition and Digital Transformation / Fundamentals - Case Studies - Strategies, 2023
Publisher: Birkhäuser
DOI: 10.1515/9783035627176-035

Living Prototypes - Digital Fabrication With Biomaterials

Author(s): Tamke, Martin, Paul Nicholas, and Mette Ramsgaard Thomsen
Published in: Living Prototypes - Digital Fabrication With Biomaterials, 2023, ISBN 978-3-944083-07-0
Publisher: ANCB The Aedas Metropolitan Lab
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10390872

Peer reviewed articles (8)

Towards a transformational eco-metabolistic bio-based design framework in architecture

Author(s): Thomsen, Mette Ramsgaard; Martin Tamke
Published in: IOP Bioinspiration & Biomimetics, Issue Volume 17, Number 4 (17 (2022) 045005), 2022, Page(s) p1-11, ISSN 1748-3190
Publisher: IOP Publishing Ltd
DOI: 10.1088/1748-3190/ac62e2

Computational design logics for bio-based design

Author(s): Ramsgaard Thomsen, Mette
Published in: Architectural Intelligence, Issue 13 (2022), 2022, Page(s) p2-15, ISSN 2731-6726
Publisher: Springer
DOI: 10.1007/s44223-022-00015-8

Comparative evaluation of non-destructive and CT-derived indicators for stiffness assessment of reclaimed Norway spruce timber

Author(s): Johannes A. J. Huber, Tom Svilans, Maarja Kauniste, Niels H. Vonk, Olof Broman, Eero Tuhkanen, Wendy Wuyts, Alar Just, Martin Tamke, Mette Ramsgaard Thomsen
Published in: European Journal of Wood and Wood Products, Issue 84, 2026, Page(s) 1-23, ISSN 0018-3768
Publisher: Springer Verlag
DOI: 10.1007/s00107-026-02433-1

Drawing a blank – design modelling composite timber elements

Author(s): Tom Svilans, Mette Ramsgaard Thomsen
Published in: Architectural Intelligence, Issue 3, 2024, ISSN 2731-6726
Publisher: Springer Nature
DOI: 10.1007/s44223-024-00048-1

Building ecologies: practicing care, adaptation and repair in architecture through continuous construction

Author(s): Mette Ramsgaard Thomsen, Nicole Miller, Stine Dalager Nielsen, Ruxandra Chiujdea
Published in: The Journal of Architecture, Issue 30, 2026, Page(s) 987-1007, ISSN 1360-2365
Publisher: Routledge
DOI: 10.1080/13602365.2026.2622605

Additive Manufacturing for Repair: Continual Construction Through Bio-Based Materials

Author(s): Mette Ramsgaard Thomsen, Paul Nicholas, Ruxandra-Stefania Chiujdea, Stine Dalager Nielsen, Konrad Sonne, Carl Eppinger
Published in: 3D Printing and Additive Manufacturing, Issue 12, 2026, Page(s) 112-121, ISSN 2329-7662
Publisher: SAGE Publications
DOI: 10.1089/3dp.2023.0344

A 3d printable Biopolymer Composite incorporating Kombucha SCOBY: Towards a locally adaptive architecture using living biomaterials

Author(s): Aileen Hoenerloh, Konrad Sonne, Paul Nicholas
Published in: Research Directions: Biotechnology Design, 2024, ISSN 2752-9452
Publisher: Univeristy of Cambridge Press
DOI: 10.33774/coe-2024-t3ldq

Design-to-Fabrication Workflows for Large-Scale Continuous FDM Grading of Biopolymer Composites

Author(s): Paul Nicholas, Gabriella Rossi, Carl Eppinger, Cameron Nelson, Konrad Sonne, Shahriar Akbari, Martin Tamke, Jan Hüls, Ryan O’Connor, Mathias Waschek, Mette Ramsgaard Thomsen
Published in: Applied Sciences, Issue 16, 2026, Page(s) 1569, ISSN 2076-3417
Publisher: MDPI AG
DOI: 10.3390/app16031569