Repair Pavilion

How can architecture be imagined as something alive, temporary, and constantly changing? A new research pavilion can be experienced and explored in the museum’s green garden during the upcoming spring months.

Centre for Information Technology and Architecture (CITA) is behind the 'Repair Pavilion' – a research pavilion aimed at contributing to the development of building design principles that continuously adapt to their surroundings and can be repaired and evolved over time. This research pavilion aims to contribute to the development of architectural principles that evolve alongside their surroundings and can be continuously repaired and developed. The new pavilion consists of a lightweight wooden structure covered with 3D-printed, bio-based materials - so-called biopolymer composites—that form open screens. These screens are designed to respond to their environment. They change with the weather and allow moisture and organisms like moss and biofilm to take root. The pavilion’s appearance and design evolve over time, shaped by the life of the material itself, carrying traces of use, weathering, and repair as a visible part of its identity. Repair is integrated into the architecture: new layers can be applied directly, and the surfaces develop over time as part of a continuous process of design.

Bringing Research Out of the Laboratory

CITA’s aim with the placement in Designmuseum Danmark’s garden is to bring research out of the laboratory and into the everyday lives of people. The pavilion offers a small space for relaxation, play, and conversation - an experiment in how we might build with more care, flexibility, and responsibility in the future. Repair Pavilion will be on display in the museum garden until the end of May. Work on the pavilion will take place from 10 AM to 12 PM on April 28, May 13, May 20, and May 27. Entry to the museum garden is free.