Pop-up exhibition by Royal Danish Academy, RAW: Waste-Sourced And Fast-Growing Bio-Based Materials

Hosted by TalTech University in Tallinn, this exhibition presents research by the Royal Danish Academy – Centre for Information Technology and Architecture (CITA) on new approaches to resource-aware architecture.

The exhibition introduces the results of the RAW project — Computation for a New Age of Resource Aware Architecture: Waste-Sourced and Fast-Growing Bio-Based Materials. The project explores how architecture, engineering, and construction can move towards more circular and climate-conscious practices by working with natural, waste-sourced, and fast-growing bio-based materials.

Rather than treating material variability as a problem to be eliminated, RAW proposes a new computational resource model that embraces the irregularity of natural materials. By linking material sourcing, non-destructive analysis, computational design, and adaptive fabrication, the project investigates how currently overlooked bio-based material streams can be used in construction with less waste and greater carbon storage potential.

The exhibition at TalTech presents the project’s research outcomes, highlighting how computation can support new forms of circularity, material intelligence, and architectural expression in a changing climate.