Day 1, Session Block C
10.45 3D Printing of the Building Envelope
Chair: Alireza Borhani, Dep. of Architecture, Texas A&M University, USA
Bio-inspired 3D printed kinematic responsive systems
- Hygroscopic responsive shape changing materials for climate adaptive building skins
- Bio-inspired 3DP material and kinematic strategies for responsive mechanisms
- Possible applications and challenges for responsive building elements
David Correa, Institute for Computational Design (ICD), Stuttgart, Germany
3D printed flexible structures as self-transformable surfaces
- Key decision nodes and methods for constituting a programmable environment
- 3d printing - A new class of self-organized and self-transformable surfaces
- Embedding programmable actuation and sensing into the materials
Alireza Borhani, Department of Architecture, Texas A&M University, USA
Industrial 3D printing in the building industry
- Current additive manufacturing innovations in concrete casting
- Contour crafting, 3D printing and smart dynamic casting
- Possible applications and solutions
Tobias King, voxeljet AG, Friedberg, Germany
12:30 Lunch