3D Printed Earth Architecture (2024-04)¶

As the European Commission (EC) states, ‘Climate change and environmental degradation are an existential threat to the world’ (EC, 2019). Therefore, our resource consumption, technology usage, and social lifestyles are called into question. Translating this into the creative industry implies a need for new sustainable practices while maintaining economic and cultural inclusivity in accordance with societal needs, as outlined by the recent initiative ‘New European Bauhaus’ (EC, 2020). In the architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) industry, similar requests are made in the search for design and technological solutions that might reduce the impact of our building on the environment (EC, 2018). In response, there is a vital need for this sector to innovate, design, and construct with a holistic understanding of the consequences of each decision.