Volcanic Architecture: World’s Largest 3D-Printed Structure
Inspired by the complex organic shape of a volcanic eruption, this 1,086-piece pavilion in Beijing has just been awarded a Guinness Book of World Records distinction for the largest ...
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Reversible Concrete: 3D Printing for Easy Deconstruction & Reuse
Reinventing one of the world's most ubiquitous building materials, this concrete alternative developed at MIT can be 3D-printed then disassembled without wasting unnecessary energy or creating ...
Frontier Finalists: 30 NASA 3D-Printed Mars Habitat Candidates
A set of 30 candidates have been selected for final consideration by NASA in the 3D-Printed Habitat Challenge, including robot-constructed buildings, ice architecture and underground dwellings, ...
Wayfinding in Subways: 3D Blueprints Show NYC Tunnel Systems
Inspired by detailed three-dimensional maps of Hong Kong subway stations, a New York artist has painstakingly documented and rendered a gorgeous series of helpful underground ...
Dirt Cheap: World’s Largest 3D Mud Printer Makes Green Homes
Able to print full-sized structures from mud and clay, this 40-foot-tall 3D printer represents a huge step toward printing affordable housing from free materials. The project was unveiled ...
X-Ray Urbanism: Laser Scans Record & Reveal Sub-City Spaces
Produced from over 200 laser scans, this remarkable 3D representation covers surface features as well as subterranean spaces of it's London subject, captured and stored as a series of over 10 ...
Modular Record: 3D-Printed Chinese Villa Assembled in 3 Hours
In this latest attempt at one-upmanship in the realm of rapid construction, a company in China has built a two-story villa from six modules, putting the 3D-printed pieces together on site with ...
Cast-in-Place Steel: Robots to 3D-Print Metal Bridge in Holland
Designed to span a historic canal of Amsterdam, this cutting-edge structure will bridge traditional and automatic construction techniques using continuous extrusion technology to generate ...
Interactive Museum: Play in Paintings, Become Part of the Art
Making art accessible like never before, this interactive gallery encourages people to play around, with and even inside its artworks, extending the frame to include visitors. Located ...
3D Farming: Trees Grown into Fully Shaped & Formed Furniture
Taking arborsculpture to new levels of efficiency and functionality, this furniture designer creates plastic molds in which his designs are grown without needing to be sawed and shaped after the ...
