DumoLab

DumoLab Studio* focused on developing computational environments, experimental manufacturing techniques, and new material practices.

DumoLab Research* is now a laboratory within the Weitzman School of Design at UPenn.

04/15/2026

Join us tomorrow to open our solo exhibit and storefront activation approaching West Philly communities to sustainable materials research at in partnership with and

On display healthy biocomposites that are robotically manufactured into dome, panels, tiles, shingles, and stools. Made from hyperlocal mineral and plant waste, and bound by natural resins for zero toxicity at end of life.

We will soon announce dates for ecoliteracy workshops and fabrication sessions open to

📅 04/17/2026 —— OPENING PARTY 🎉
📍3616 Lancaster Ave, 19104 Philadelphia PA
Activations and exhibit until end of May 2026.

06/14/2025

BagasSERIES Awarded Second Place !!!
This hyperlocal project was selected from our 7325 Seminar on Biomaterial Architectures to compete at BioDesignChallenge and was presented to 200 people at MoMA today. Very proud of our team!!!

BagasSERIES reimagines local waste transformation into open-air market supporting products through material innovation and community collaboration. Centered at Philadelphia’s historic FDR’s Park vibrant Southeast Asian Market (SEA), the project identifies an opportunity to address bagasse waste produced daily by the many sugarcane juicing stands. To better understand this waste stream as well as park user and vendor needs, we engaged local agents with interviews and on-site research. The outcome is a catalog of biocomposite-based products made from hyperlocal organic waste collected directly from the market and transformed using non-toxic binders and low energy manufacturing. These products not only contribute to waste reduction but also serve meaningful and practical purposes of signaling, resting, wrapping, or paving, for the local SEA community.

Team: Yuanyi Cen (MLA’24), Kodak Han .tianqi (MArch ‘25), Simone Yang (MArch ‘25), Chun Zhou (MArch ‘25), Dr Laia Mogas-Soldevila.

Host: Southeast Asian Market Association at FDR Park, Philadelphia.

06/11/2025

Kicking off our ✨awarded Penn EII ✨project with Penn Farm and Penn Praxis on food resilience and conversion of urban agriculture waste into outdoor classrooms

04/17/2025

Blast from the past last Tuesday at N52 lecturing for MIT’s DASD 10 years after TAing it! Many thanks and for our conversation across scales and disciplines!

02/24/2025

Earth Week at “Inquiry into Biomaterial Architectures Seminar” ✨ We had the pleasure to discuss rammed earth and printed bio-clays with from CCA, and we dove deep into cob, oyster tabby, cork-crete, terrazzo, mica, glazes etc with the

09/26/2024

During aggregates week at ✨7325 Biomaterial Architectures Seminar✨ we discussed earth building technologies, bio cements, reuse of coral and mother of pearl, as well as particulate matter from bark, amber, and food waste, while introducing simulation and computation behind most recent research in biocomposite printing.

with the

09/16/2024

On our Fibers week at the Biomaterial Architectures seminar we explored natural systems from flax, h**p, bark, seagrass, and up-cycled paper and cotton as fillers in printable biocomposites.

with the

09/10/2024

New Book Chapter on ✨Bioprinted Buildings✨ for Additive Manufacturing AM Perspectives is fresh off the press and open access. Written with and co-Edited by .f.f, it features great work by our colleagues and our recent research in biological materials.

Take a look here:

09/09/2024

✨Blood-Air-Sugar✨ For our matrixes week at “7325 Biomaterial Architectures” we investigated animal blood and mango leathers, aerogel balls, chitosan, pectin, and alginate prints; while discussing projects and discoveries at the intersection of art, science, and engineering.

08/30/2024

In our first session of “7325 Biomaterial Arch” we dwelled into some ✨animal-produced biological matter✨ able to inform design of new bio composites.
With the we explored dyes from mollusk glands and bug skeletons, keratin from shell, fur, and nail, silk fibroin and serecin from moth cocoons, and milk casein turned into fabric. Excellent semester start!

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