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The Role of Additive Manufacturing and Physiomimetic Computational Design for Digital Construction
The recent adoption of the term additive manufacturing (AM) to describe a broad range of digital ‘layer by layer’ fabrication techniques comes 20 years since its inception and more than 10 years since architectural practices engaged with the technology for making prototypes and models. Soon this technology will join existing CNC subtractive and formative processes within the volume and mass‐market sectors, where design complexity and increased functionality result in competitive advantage. It is also about a decade since researchers proposed additive manufacturing for construction. Rupert Soar and David Andreen introduce here the different construction‐scale additive manufacturing systems currently in development. If linked to physiomimetic computational design strategies, these technologies provide novel possibilities for addressing architecture's manufacturing challenges in the face of energy expenditure, material resources and environmental impact. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
The Role of Additive Manufacturing and Physiomimetic Computational Design for Digital Construction
The recent adoption of the term additive manufacturing (AM) to describe a broad range of digital ‘layer by layer’ fabrication techniques comes 20 years since its inception and more than 10 years since architectural practices engaged with the technology for making prototypes and models. Soon this technology will join existing CNC subtractive and formative processes within the volume and mass‐market sectors, where design complexity and increased functionality result in competitive advantage. It is also about a decade since researchers proposed additive manufacturing for construction. Rupert Soar and David Andreen introduce here the different construction‐scale additive manufacturing systems currently in development. If linked to physiomimetic computational design strategies, these technologies provide novel possibilities for addressing architecture's manufacturing challenges in the face of energy expenditure, material resources and environmental impact. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
The Role of Additive Manufacturing and Physiomimetic Computational Design for Digital Construction
Soar, Rupert (author) / Andreen, David (author)
Architectural Design ; 82 ; 126-135
2012-03-01
10 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
Enrico Dini , ‘volume’ or mass customisation , layer‐by‐layer fabrication , Viterbi School of Engineering, University of Southern California , David Andreen, Duncan Berntsen, Petra Jenning and Rupert Soar, Agent Construction Cluster, SmartGeometry Conference, Copenhagen , ‘design for disassembly’ , ‘free‐form fabrication’ , Richard Buswell , ‘concrete printing’ , Gantry robots , MineralStone , D‐Shape , additive manufacturing for construction (AMc) , Ian Wilkes , Dini Engineering , Contour Crafting , Joseph Pegna , Behrokh Khoshnevis , Freeform Construction Ltd , Monolite UK Ltd , MineralJet process , ‘extrude trowelling’ , Loughborough University , Additive Manufacturing (AM) , Physiomimetic computational design (PCD)
The Role of Additive Manufacturing and Physiomimetic Computational Design for Digital Construction
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