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Concrete Choreography (2020-09)

Prefabrication of 3D Printed Columns

10.2307/j.ctv13xpsvw.41

 Anton Ana-Maria,  Bedarf Patrick,  Yoo Angela,  Dillenburger Benjamin,  Reiter Lex,  Wangler Timothy,  Flatt Robert
Contribution - Fabricate 2020, pp. 286-293

Abstract

This paper introduces the cutting-edge 3D Concrete Printing (3DCP) process which stands at the core of the project Concrete Choreography, a family of nine prefabricated concrete columns. By simultaneously overseeing technological development, computational design and robotic fabrication, an interdisciplinary research team was able to reframe the challenge of large-scale high-resolution 3DCP.

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BibTeX
@inproceedings{anto_beda_yoo_dill.2020.CC,
  author            = "Ana-Maria Anton and Patrick Bedarf and Angela Yoo and Benjamin Dillenburger and Lex Reiter and Timothy Paul Wangler and Robert Johann Flatt",
  title             = "Concrete Choreography: Prefabrication of 3D Printed Columns",
  doi               = "10.2307/j.ctv13xpsvw.41",
  year              = "2020",
  pages             = "286--293",
  booktitle         = "Fabricate 2020",
  editor            = "Jane Burry and Jenny Sabin and Bob Sheil and Marilena Skavara",
}
Formatted Citation

A.-M. Anton, “Concrete Choreography: Prefabrication of 3D Printed Columns”, in Fabricate 2020, 2020, pp. 286–293. doi: 10.2307/j.ctv13xpsvw.41.

Anton, Ana-Maria, Patrick Bedarf, Angela Yoo, Benjamin Dillenburger, Lex Reiter, Timothy Paul Wangler, and Robert Johann Flatt. “Concrete Choreography: Prefabrication of 3D Printed Columns”. In Fabricate 2020, edited by Jane Burry, Jenny Sabin, Bob Sheil, and Marilena Skavara, 286–93, 2020. https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctv13xpsvw.41.