Recosystem

KEA, Copenhagen, 2021
Biomaterial workshop

DATEMATS

Interdisciplinary EM&T Challenge
Advanced Growing Materials
KEA + DINESEN
31/08-01/09/21

The Challenge

Connectedness.

the world is an open system
that we all create together*
that we are all part of

Vision.

Creating a materials value stream within the realm of the living: from growing to grown to growing - one continuous cycle.

A triangulation of

(1) the traditions of the value-driven company,

(2) their continuous search for innovation to enable the best
possible way of using trees: the whole tree and wood: the
longest possible life and

(3) the symbiotic material opportunities for residue materials
that lie within designing with microorganisms.
Angles. Some possible strategies.

Upcycling

Local sourcing/ Local use. Diversity in every tree and every product. From forest to finished product. Symbiosis in nature mirrored in symbiosis in process and product. Wood with all senses. Tactics. Speculative applications. Within the realm of the living: from growing to grown to growing, we would like you to help us push our boundaries and advance Dinesen's sustainable approach by sourcing the production's residues (sawdust, wood woo/, planks) into new materials and/ or speculative applications that esteem to our strong set of values and place us at the forefront of sustainable creation in symbiosis with our resources.