Injection 3D Concrete Printing: From Structural Geometry to Fabrication

Norman Hack, Harald Kloft, Inka Mai, Pierluigi D’Acunto, Yinan Xiao, Dirk Lowke

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Abstract

Architects and engineers have historically developed and reinvented concrete's technologies, formwork and aesthetics to suit the pragmatic and philosophical aims of their times. Architect and computational design researcher Norman Hack and his co-authors introduce a contemporary method for the fabrication of concrete structural elements using the Injection 3D Concrete Printing (I3DCP) process formulated at TU Braunschweig and discuss its benefits over other types of printed concrete.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)30-39
Number of pages10
JournalArchitectural Design
Volume94
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Sep 2024

Keywords

  • 3D modelling software
  • Adrian Forty
  • Auguste Perret
  • Bartlett School of Architecture, University College London (UCL)
  • Carl Culmann
  • coffee table
  • Dom-Ino House
  • ETH Zurich
  • Injection 3D Concrete Printing (I3DCP) process
  • Institute of Building Materials, Concrete Construction and Fire Safety (iBMB)
  • Institute of Structural Design (ITE)
  • Le Corbusier
  • pedestrian bridge
  • Robert Maillart
  • Salginatobel Bridge
  • Switzerland
  • Technische Universität Braunschweig (TU Braunschweig)
  • vector-based graphic statics (VGS)
  • ‘The Material Without a History’

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