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3D Concrete Printing in Architecture (2017-09)

A Research on the Potential Benefits of 3D Concrete Printing in Architecture

10.52842/conf.ecaade.2017.2.299

Marijnissen Marjolein, van der Zee Aant
Contribution - Proceedings of the 35th International Conference on Education and Research in Computer Aided Architectural Design in Europe, pp. 299-308

Abstract

This research explores the use of large-scale 3D Printing techniques in architecture and structural design. First we will analyse the various methods in large-scale 3D printing in order to choose the method with the most potential to be used to build large-scale residential buildings in the Netherlands. Then we will investigate the properties of this 3D printing technique to determine the new building process, related to building with a 3D Concrete Printer. The freedom in movement of the printer and the properties of the concrete mixture used to print will form the guidelines in the creation of a design language in which both material costs and labour costs are reduced to a minimum. The design language is later applied on the design of a house, which shows the impact 3D Concrete Printing should have on the current boundaries in architecture and structural design.

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BibTeX 
@inproceedings{mari_zee.2017.3CPiA,
  author            = "Marjolein P.A.M. Marijnissen and Aant van der Zee",
  title             = "3D Concrete Printing in Architecture: A Research on the Potential Benefits of 3D Concrete Printing in Architecture",
  doi               = "10.52842/conf.ecaade.2017.2.299",
  year              = "2017",
  pages             = "299--308",
  booktitle         = "Proceedings of the 35th International Conference on Education and Research in Computer Aided Architectural Design in Europe: ShoCK!: Sharing Computational Knowledge!",
  editor            = "A. Fioravanti and S. Cursi and S. Elahmar and S. Gargaro and G. Loffreda and G. Novembri and A. Trento",
}
Formatted Citation

M. P. A. M. Marijnissen and A. van der Zee, “3D Concrete Printing in Architecture: A Research on the Potential Benefits of 3D Concrete Printing in Architecture”, in Proceedings of the 35th International Conference on Education and Research in Computer Aided Architectural Design in Europe: ShoCK!: Sharing Computational Knowledge!, 2017, pp. 299–308. doi: 10.52842/conf.ecaade.2017.2.299.

Marijnissen, Marjolein P.A.M., and Aant van der Zee. “3D Concrete Printing in Architecture: A Research on the Potential Benefits of 3D Concrete Printing in Architecture”. In Proceedings of the 35th International Conference on Education and Research in Computer Aided Architectural Design in Europe: ShoCK!: Sharing Computational Knowledge!, edited by A. Fioravanti, S. Cursi, S. Elahmar, S. Gargaro, G. Loffreda, G. Novembri, and A. Trento, 299–308, 2017. https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.2017.2.299.