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How 3DPC Will Transform Architectural Design (2023-01)

10.1007/978-3-031-09319-7_1

 Teixeira João,  Zuazua-Ros Amaia,  Jesus Manuel,  Rangel Bárbara,  Guimarães Ana
Contribution - 3D Printing for Construction with Alternative Materials, pp. 1-31

Abstract

Industry 4.0 has pushed construction to adopt processes that optimize the manufacturing of customizable solutions. Prefabrication, is beginning to understand that 3D Printing (3DP) with cementitious materials may open a new and wide range of options both formal and chromatic in customization, avoiding complex formworks, reducing costs and manufacturing time. Certified products are demanded, but it is obvious that there is a growing desire for tailor-made façade solutions, especially in its plasticity. Façades with designs, colors, and textures may thus overcome the execution constraints, narrowing the manufacturing process to the architectural conception and design process. In 3D printing, design process and its fabrication are engaged, enabling a great formal freedom and precision in the information transfer from drawing to its construction. The creative process is directly linked to the constructive process, bringing design closer to its materialization. Matter responds to form and form is designed by the matter capacity. This technology thus seems to be the ideal solution for the audacious design forms yet optimizing the constructive process.

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BibTeX 
@inproceedings{teix_zuaz_jesu_rang.2023.H3WTAD,
  author            = "João Teixeira and Amaia Zuazua-Ros and Manuel Jesus and Bárbara Rangel and Ana Sofia Guimarães",
  title             = "How 3DPC Will Transform Architectural Design",
  doi               = "10.1007/978-3-031-09319-7_1",
  year              = "2023",
  pages             = "1--31",
  booktitle         = "3D Printing for Construction with Alternative Materials",
  editor            = "Bárbara Rangel and Ana Sofia Guimarães and Jorge Lino Alves and Leonardo Santana",
}
Formatted Citation

J. Teixeira, A. Zuazua-Ros, M. Jesus, B. Rangel and A. S. Guimarães, “How 3DPC Will Transform Architectural Design”, in 3D Printing for Construction with Alternative Materials, 2023, pp. 1–31. doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-09319-7_1.

Teixeira, João, Amaia Zuazua-Ros, Manuel Jesus, Bárbara Rangel, and Ana Sofia Guimarães. “How 3DPC Will Transform Architectural Design”. In 3D Printing for Construction with Alternative Materials, edited by Bárbara Rangel, Ana Sofia Guimarães, Jorge Lino Alves, and Leonardo Santana, 1–31, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-09319-7_1.