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Digital Construction (2020-07)

3D Printing for Performative Houses

10.1007/978-3-030-49916-7_79

Cascone Paolo, Laddaga Maddalena, Forestiero Federico
Contribution - Proceedings of the 2nd RILEM International Conference on Concrete and Digital Fabrication, pp. 804-813

Abstract

The climatic change that is affecting widely our everyday life needs an adequate cultural and technological response in order to develop performative dwellings for sustainable living. The aim of this paper is to summarize the DIGITAL CONSTRUCTION [DC] applied research that we have developed for the Ance, the Italian National Association of Construction Companies. The research agenda is based on a multi-parametric approach to architectural design, integrating digital manufacturing technologies into the fabrication and construction process. Such approach investigates on the relation between industry 4.0 opportunities and the constraints of the world of building construction with the aim to bridge different knowledge through a series of concrete case studies. Therefore, the paper talks about the first [DC] design protocol for a modular house anti-seismic, robotically 3D printed and assembled on site using a mix of recycled materials. With this premise, we have developed a design to manufacturing methodology able to control many aspects at the same time: environmental performances, structural efficiency and end ergonomic comfort.

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BibTeX 
@inproceedings{casc_ladd_fore.2020.DC,
  author            = "Paolo Cascone and Maddalena Laddaga and Federico Forestiero",
  title             = "Digital Construction: 3D Printing for Performative Houses",
  doi               = "10.1007/978-3-030-49916-7_79",
  year              = "2020",
  volume            = "28",
  pages             = "804--813",
  booktitle         = "Proceedings of the 2nd RILEM International Conference on Concrete and Digital Fabrication: Digital Concrete 2020",
  editor            = "Freek Paul Bos and Sandra Simaria de Oliveira Lucas and Robert Johannes Maria Wolfs and Theo A. M. Salet",
}
Formatted Citation

P. Cascone, M. Laddaga and F. Forestiero, “Digital Construction: 3D Printing for Performative Houses”, in Proceedings of the 2nd RILEM International Conference on Concrete and Digital Fabrication: Digital Concrete 2020, 2020, vol. 28, pp. 804–813. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-49916-7_79.

Cascone, Paolo, Maddalena Laddaga, and Federico Forestiero. “Digital Construction: 3D Printing for Performative Houses”. In Proceedings of the 2nd RILEM International Conference on Concrete and Digital Fabrication: Digital Concrete 2020, edited by Freek Paul Bos, Sandra Simaria de Oliveira Lucas, Robert Johannes Maria Wolfs, and Theo A. M. Salet, 28:804–13, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-49916-7_79.