CanoPIT: Valorizing Unavoidable Fruit Waste into Printable Biomaterial Surfaces for Participatory Learning

CanoPIT proposes a canopy structure composed of fruit-based biomaterials that transforms unavoidable food waste from stone fruits into bio-based printable blends outputting strong, healthy, biodegradable, and functional large-scale surfaces. The interdisciplinary approach combines biomaterial blend development and hierarchical additive fabrication technology to develop a multi-layered bio-surface with multiple benefits, acting as (1) seasonal weather protection for community events, (2) educational beacons for a waste-free sustainable materials future, and (3) testing platforms collecting data to channel future design for decay.

https://doi.org/10.35483/ACSA.AM.112.38

Volume Editors
Germane Barnes & Blair Satterfield

ISBN
978-1-944214-45-6