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Concrete Fabrication by Digitally Controlled Injection (2018-09)

10.1007/978-3-319-92294-2_11

Chee Ryan, Tan Wei, Goh Wei, Amtsberg Felix,  Dritsas Stylianos
Contribution - Robotic Fabrication in Architecture, Art and Design 2018, pp. 139-151

Abstract

This paper explores the volumetric modification of material properties through precise injection of chemical agents as a new method of concrete fabrication. We inject concrete while in its slurry state with a hydrated aluminium solution, triggering an effervescent reaction. This reaction causes changes in material density which affect the structural integrity and visual characteristics of the end-product once it is set. The process is administered by a purpose-built end-effector attached to an industrial robotic system and guided by a parametric design system. Being able to produce localized differentiation, suggests for an innovative approach to a fabrication technique of texturing, 2D and 3D forming of concrete.

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BibTeX 
@inproceedings{chee_tan_goh_amts.2019.CFbDCI,
  author            = "Ryan Wei Shen Chee and Wei Lin Tan and Wei Hern Goh and Felix Amtsberg and Stylianos Dritsas",
  title             = "Concrete Fabrication by Digitally Controlled Injection",
  doi               = "10.1007/978-3-319-92294-2_11",
  year              = "2019",
  pages             = "139--151",
  booktitle         = "Robotic Fabrication in Architecture, Art and Design 2018: Radical Cross-Disciplinarity",
  editor            = "Jan Willmann and Philippe Block and Marco Hutter and Kendra Byrne and Tim Schork",
}
Formatted Citation

R. W. S. Chee, W. L. Tan, W. H. Goh, F. Amtsberg and S. Dritsas, “Concrete Fabrication by Digitally Controlled Injection”, in Robotic Fabrication in Architecture, Art and Design 2018: Radical Cross-Disciplinarity, 2019, pp. 139–151. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-92294-2_11.

Chee, Ryan Wei Shen, Wei Lin Tan, Wei Hern Goh, Felix Amtsberg, and Stylianos Dritsas. “Concrete Fabrication by Digitally Controlled Injection”. In Robotic Fabrication in Architecture, Art and Design 2018: Radical Cross-Disciplinarity, edited by Jan Willmann, Philippe Block, Marco Hutter, Kendra Byrne, and Tim Schork, 139–51, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-92294-2_11.