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Article3D printing and additive manufacturing2025

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

Mette Ramsgaard Thomsen, Paul Nicholas, Ruxandra-Stefania Chiujdea, Stine Dalager Nielsen, Konrad Sonne, Carl Eppinger

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Article in 3D printing and additive manufacturing, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors.

Mette Ramsgaard ThomsenDepartment of Architecture and Technology, Centre for Information Technology and Architecture, Royal Danish Academy-Architecture, Design, Conservation, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Paul NicholasDepartment of Architecture and Technology, Centre for Information Technology and Architecture, Royal Danish Academy-Architecture, Design, Conservation, Copenhagen, Denmark.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2420-8351
Ruxandra-Stefania ChiujdeaDepartment of Architecture and Technology, Centre for Information Technology and Architecture, Royal Danish Academy-Architecture, Design, Conservation, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Stine Dalager NielsenDepartment of Architecture and Technology, Centre for Information Technology and Architecture, Royal Danish Academy-Architecture, Design, Conservation, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Konrad SonneDepartment of Architecture and Technology, Centre for Information Technology and Architecture, Royal Danish Academy-Architecture, Design, Conservation, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Carl EppingerDepartment of Architecture and Technology, Centre for Information Technology and Architecture, Royal Danish Academy-Architecture, Design, Conservation, Copenhagen, Denmark.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The article asks how additive manufacturing for the circular bioeconomy can create the foundation for rethinking the architectural axioms of permanence and durability, instead moving us toward a new ideal of renewability and repair. It presents a case study into additive manufacturing for repair through the 3D printing of biopolymer composites. This case study connects machine vision-based surveying of damaged panels with repair through conformal 3D printing. This deployment of bio-based materials aims to enable additive manufacturing as a method for disrupting the sharp delineation between fabrication and repair leading to new practices of continual construction. With point of departure in our bespoke systems for 3D printing and unique biopolymer composites, we examine how their particular material characteristics allow for material adhesion and buildup and how novel methods for iterative 3D printing can support design integrated strategies of repair. As part of this process, we include the sociotechnological dimension, as human-in-the-loop decision-making becomes part of the material surveying regimes necessary for damage detection. The article demonstrates processes of repair through three repair actions that address different kinds of damage.

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3D printingadditive manufacturingbiopolymer compositescircular designdigital design methodsmaintenancerepair

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PMID40308651
PMCPMC12038328

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