Structuretonics 3D Printing of Tropical Facade Elements

Structuretonics 3D Printing of Tropical Facade Elements
by Florian Schätz

• Awarded April 15, 2018
• CLIENT: NUS - JTC i3C
• 6.915

Automation and robots will revolutionise the architecture and construction industries. The work is an investigation into surface geometries and new possibilities to print the building facade using additive manufacturing, carbon reinforced concrete or recyclable 3D printed moulds. The Research Team designed more than hundred facade typologies, forms and structures for the building facade based on simulated environmental performance. The results are layers of unseen form, complex structures and modular prototypes of modular elements that allow a faster production and construction process.