Biogenic materials: "Pilefacade" receives work grant from the Danish Association of Architects and the Dreyers Foundation

In the summer of 2024, the Danish Architects Association and the Dreyers Foundation sent out the Open Call: Implement Materials focusing on the use and development of biogenic materials. 

Together with Pilebyg, facade engineer Staticus and design studio "moow, our project "Pilefaçade" is one out of four projects to receive grants allowing us to continue our effort to scale this material in premanufactured facades. 

This opens new possibilities for use in multi-storey buildings, taking advantage of the precision and quality of off-site manufacturing techniques, and represents a new field for willow and other biogenic materials that provides an opportunity for large-scale implementation.

The grant allows us to continue the development of willow as a new biogenic building material which can replace more conventional and CO2-heavy products.

The grant work will investigate:
· Thick willow branch sections for laminated structural beams and boards
· Willow offcuts for fibre insulation and boards
· Thin willow branch sections for rain-screen cladding

Implement Materials is part of the Agenda Earth initiative, which highlights and envisions the future built environment and landscapes while exploring the legislative frameworks necessary to make it possible.

The initiative is led by the Danish Architects Association and is continuously developed in collaboration with the Dreyers Foundation and the Danish Bar and Law Society, with support from the Dreyers Foundation.

Learn more about Pilefaçade here.