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Adaptive Modular Spatial Structures for Shotcrete 3D Printing (2019-05)

10.52842/conf.caadria.2019.2.363

 Hack Norman, Lindemann Hendrik,  Kloft Harald
Contribution - Proceedings of the 24th Conference on Computer Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia, pp. 363-372

Abstract

This paper presents a modular, digital construction system for lightweight spatial structures made from reinforced concrete. For design and fabrication, a digital workflow is presented, which includes the rationalization ofa freeform geometry into adaptive spatial modules made up entirely ofplanar components. For fast and precise fabrication, these components are 3D printed using a novel 3D concrete printing technology called “Shotcrete 3D Printing”. The ongoing research is demonstrated by an initial real-scale prototype ofone exemplary spatial module. Lastly, the paper provides an outlook into future research, which is necessary to make this digital construction system applicable to the real-scale construction of large, wide-spanning structures.

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BibTeX 
@inproceedings{hack_lind_klof.2019.AMSSfS3P,
  author            = "Norman Peter Hack and Hendrik Lindemann and Harald Kloft",
  title             = "Adaptive Modular Spatial Structures for Shotcrete 3D Printing",
  doi               = "10.52842/conf.caadria.2019.2.363",
  year              = "2019",
  pages             = "363--372",
  booktitle         = "Proceedings of the 24th Conference on Computer Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia",
  editor            = "Matthias Hank Haeusler and Marc Aurel Schnabel and Tomohiro Fukuda",
}
Formatted Citation

N. P. Hack, H. Lindemann and H. Kloft, “Adaptive Modular Spatial Structures for Shotcrete 3D Printing”, in Proceedings of the 24th Conference on Computer Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia, 2019, pp. 363–372. doi: 10.52842/conf.caadria.2019.2.363.

Hack, Norman Peter, Hendrik Lindemann, and Harald Kloft. “Adaptive Modular Spatial Structures for Shotcrete 3D Printing”. In Proceedings of the 24th Conference on Computer Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia, edited by Matthias Hank Haeusler, Marc Aurel Schnabel, and Tomohiro Fukuda, 363–72, 2019. https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.caadria.2019.2.363.